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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the boys on the street call Dencey?
(a) Tattletale.
(b) Tomboy.
(c) Angel.
(d) Teacher's pet.

3. What happens to the baby of the man who died on the ship?
(a) He gets malaria.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He develops heart trouble.
(d) He dies.

4. Tom Coffyn returns after how many years at sea?
(a) Seven.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. What was the cause of the death of the person on the ship?
(a) Gunshot wound.
(b) Fever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Poisoning.

6. What is the name of Tom's ship?
(a) Waves of Glory.
(b) Renegade.
(c) White Wave.
(d) Sojourner.

7. Who are the Fragmenters?
(a) Wool spinners.
(b) Missionaries.
(c) Boys from the Fragment Society School.
(d) Trash collectors.

8. What name is given to the boys who torment Dencey on the street?
(a) Hellians.
(b) Freedmen.
(c) Fragmenters.
(d) Rabble Rousers.

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

10. What is Sammie doing when Dencey arrives at the cottage where he lives?
(a) Rubbing down a horse.
(b) Building a fire.
(c) Feeding chickens.
(d) Chopping wood.

11. What time does Tom return home from sea?
(a) 12 Noon.
(b) 4:00 AM.
(c) 8:00 AM.
(d) 6:00 PM.

12. What is Dencey's formal name?
(a) Diana.
(b) Deirdre.
(c) Dionis.
(d) Dionysus.

13. What does Tom agree to do in order to marry Lydia?
(a) Not go to sea again.
(b) Build a new house.
(c) Become a Quaker.
(d) Get a better job.

14. Who is Stephen's handicapped daughter?
(a) Crippled Jane.
(b) Crippled Rosie.
(c) Crippled Emma.
(d) Crippled Laura.

15. Which of the following does Tom NOT bring back from the Orient?
(a) Porcelain jars.
(b) Yards of silk.
(c) Ivory newel post button.
(d) Bottles of Sake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Hopestill related to Dencey?

2. For what is Injun Jill known?

3. What makes Dencey so happy about spending time with Tom?

4. Who fills Dencey's basket with food before she goes to visit Sammie?

5. Who is the wife of the man who died on the ship?

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