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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sammie get a job?
(a) The Coffin School.
(b) The church.
(c) The general store.
(d) The docks.

2. How many words does Sammie learn in his first day of lessons?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

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

4. What is the work of the person whom Dencey visits daily?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Editor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Cook.

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

6. 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.

7. What does The Committee on Sufferings ban Lovesta from doing?
(a) Speaking in church.
(b) Visiting the sick in town.
(c) Knitting scarves for the children.
(d) Making pies for gifts.

8. In Chapter 20, a silent war is going on between Sammie and _________________.
(a) Paul.
(b) Dencey.
(c) Injun Jill.
(d) Captain Moore.

9. What is the nature of Sammie's illness?
(a) He has the measles.
(b) He has fever.
(c) He has whooping cough.
(d) He has the mumps.

10. What devastating news does Sammie tell Dencey?
(a) He is going to work for Professor Snubshoe.
(b) He is moving to the mainland.
(c) He is going to work on a whaling ship.
(d) Injun Jill has died.

11. What happens to Sammie after he recovers?
(a) He leaves on a whaling ship.
(b) He goes to the orphanage.
(c) He returns to Injun Jill's house.
(d) He stays with the Coffyns.

12. Whom does Dencey visit almost every day?
(a) Aunt Ellen.
(b) Aunt Margaret.
(c) Aunt Sara.
(d) Aunt Lovesta.

13. What awakens Lovesta one night?
(a) A message from God.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) A banging on the door.
(d) A gunshot.

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

15. Why is Dencey so sad on the day of Nantucket's main event?
(a) She won't get any fresh berries.
(b) She is being punished and not allowed to go.
(c) Her prize sheep will be entered into the contest.
(d) Her father has not answered her letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom has Sammie had a fight?

2. Where is Lydia able to get Sammie admitted to school?

3. How does Dencey view Aunt Lovesta?

4. How does Dencey prove that she and Sammie are friends?

5. What behavior has Dencey exhibited lately that worries Lydia?

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