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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Dencey's meals when she is confined to her room for punishment?
(a) Berries and milk.
(b) Bread and milk.
(c) Bread and water.
(d) Porridge and water.

2. Into what school does Lydia say she will try to get Sammie admitted?
(a) The Fragment Society School.
(b) The Quaker Friends School.
(c) The Widows and Orphans School.
(d) The Nantucket School for Boys.

3. What does Aunt Lovesta tell Dencey she must promise not to do?
(a) Return to Injun Jill's or Brown's barn.
(b) Go fishing by herself.
(c) Read any books from the attic.
(d) Eat apples without permission.

4. Where do Dencey and Sammie decide to hide the item from Injun Jill?
(a) An old wrecked ship.
(b) A cave.
(c) A well.
(d) A cellar.

5. What is something that Sammie notes about the Coffyn house which he craves?
(a) Woodworking skills.
(b) Nourishing food.
(c) Mental pursuits.
(d) Prayer rituals.

6. Which of Dencey's aunts is appalled that Dencey is reading the poster?
(a) Aunt Lovesta.
(b) Aunt Elizabeth.
(c) Aunt Sara.
(d) Aunt Susanna.

7. Where does Dencey go to explore while the family is away?
(a) The creek.
(b) The attic.
(c) The woods.
(d) The cellar.

8. Why does the fire alarm in town sound as Sammie is ready to leave with Professor Snubshoe?
(a) The Meeting Hall is on fire.
(b) Indians are attacking the town.
(c) A ship is coming into harbor.
(d) Dencey is lost.

9. What is the name of the ship on which Sammie will be working?
(a) Tradewinds.
(b) Fervor.
(c) Sextant.
(d) Monitor.

10. What is the main event of Spring on Nantucket?
(a) Strawberry picking day.
(b) May Day.
(c) Apple picking day.
(d) Sheep shearing day.

11. What new role has Sammie adopted?
(a) A bully.
(b) Dencey's beau.
(c) A sailor.
(d) Dencey's brother.

12. How many coats does Sammie have?
(a) Zero.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

13. What does Lydia confront Dencey about in Chapter 23?
(a) Leaving school early the past week.
(b) Meeting with Sammie at Brown's barn.
(c) Not doing all her schoolwork.
(d) Why she stole Stephen's coat.

14. How does Dencey view Aunt Lovesta?
(a) As a mentor.
(b) As a gossip.
(c) As a saint.
(d) As a meddler.

15. Injun Jill says that she knows that Sammie has been spending time with whom?
(a) Hopestill.
(b) Dencey.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Injun Jill try to hurt Sammie when he doesn't do what she thinks he should?

2. What is on the chart that Dencey brings to the next lesson with Sammie?

3. Why does Sammie feel compelled to leave Dicky Dick's?

4. What does Dencey realize when Injun Jill finds Dencey and Sammie in the middle of a reading lesson?

5. Why do the townspeople now think that Dencey is a good girl?

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