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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what condition will Sammie forgive Dencey?
(a) If she will teach him how to read.
(b) If she will help him chop wood.
(c) If she will bake him a birthday cake.
(d) If she will have lunch with him at school.

2. What does Tom promise the twelve children in lieu of gifts?
(a) Gifts the next time.
(b) A shopping trip in town.
(c) A short trip on the ship.
(d) Food from the ship.

3. How many children does Lydia's brother, Stephen, have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

4. What does Dencey hate about herself?
(a) Her accent.
(b) Her big feet.
(c) Her swarthy complexion.
(d) Her red hair.

5. Which of the following does Dencey NOT do as an act of forgiveness for Sammie?
(a) She shares a pie.
(b) She gives him a piece of ammonite.
(c) She feeds the dog.
(d) She apologizes publicly in church.

6. Who is Hopestill?
(a) Dencey's teacher.
(b) Dencey's mother.
(c) Dencey's grandmother.
(d) Dencey's friend.

7. What is Lydia's state of mind prior to Tom's return home from the sea?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Despair.
(d) Euphoria.

8. Who is the ten-year-old girl taken in by Lydia and Tom?
(a) Ellen Mortimer.
(b) Peggy Runnel.
(c) Sara Weston.
(d) Patricia Ramsey.

9. What is the name of Lydia and Tom's baby boy?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) James.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Ariel.

10. Why can Lydia not marry Tom?
(a) She is promised to someone else.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He is outside the Meeting.
(d) Her parents do not approve of him.

11. At whose home does Sammie live?
(a) Injun Jill's.
(b) Captain Thwaits.
(c) Rev. Westmoreland's.
(d) Mr. Everman.

12. Why did Tom not bring presents for the twelve children?
(a) He didn't know they were now living in his house.
(b) He didn't have the money to buy so many gifts.
(c) He didn't have time to buy anything.
(d) He left them on the ship.

13. Why is Tom embarrassed during the Quaker meeting?
(a) He has a coughing attack.
(b) He sings the wrong notes in the hymns.
(c) He sneezes repeatedly.
(d) He has been staring at a beautiful woman.

14. Why is Dencey thrilled with the new house?
(a) It has pictures of flowers hanging on the walls.
(b) She has her own room.
(c) It has a widow's walk.
(d) It has indoor plumbing.

15. For what does Lydia chastise Dencey regarding the Oriental jars?
(a) For kneeling to inspect them.
(b) For putting them in her room.
(c) For pouring milk in them.
(d) For breaking one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family's religion?

2. What names does Sammie Jetsam call Dencey?

3. The ground of Nantucket is primarily _______________.

4. Nantucket is off the coast of which state?

5. Who is Stephen's handicapped daughter?

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