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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dencey realize when Injun Jill finds Dencey and Sammie in the middle of a reading lesson?
(a) Injun Jill will beat Sammie when he goes home.
(b) Injun Jill will tell the church elders what they are doing.
(c) Injun Jill intends to whip Dencey.
(d) Injun Jill will go to Dencey's father to tell him that Dencey is evil.

3. Why is the person who fought with Sammie mad?
(a) Sammie is learning to read.
(b) Sammie stayed too long in the woods.
(c) Sammie didn't take him fishing.
(d) Sammie missed church again.

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

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

6. What quality does Dencey possess that helps her uphold her promise to teach Sammie to read?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Pride.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Fear.

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

8. What does The Committee on Sufferings remove from the Coffyn house?
(a) Ruffled curtains.
(b) Painted coffee cups.
(c) A chair with a rose carved into the wood.
(d) A crimson rug.

9. What annual Spring event occurs in Chapter 46?
(a) Barn Raising Day.
(b) The May Day Festival.
(c) A Revival.
(d) The Easter Pageant.

10. What complicates the search for Dencey?
(a) Snow is falling hard.
(b) She may have been taken by Indians.
(c) There is no moon.
(d) It is raining hard.

11. Why are Dencey and Sammie worried about the reading lessons?
(a) They are afraid that Dencey's mother won't approve.
(b) They are afraid that Injun Jill will find them.
(c) They are afraid that they won't finish in time for Sammie to register for school.
(d) They are afraid that the church elders will find out what they are doing.

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

13. Whom does Sammie come to think is his mother?
(a) Lovesta.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Sara.
(d) Injun Jill.

14. Injun Jill's erratic behavior is affected by _____________________.
(a) Her speech impediment.
(b) Her joint disease.
(c) Her alcoholism.
(d) Her mental illness.

15. Why is Dencey conflicted about taking Stephen's coat?
(a) It could be given to the orphanage.
(b) Stealing is wrong.
(c) It is so old that no one will want it.
(d) The coat won't fit anyone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Dencey and Sammie meet in Chapter 14?

2. With whom has Sammie had a fight?

3. Where does Sammie find Dencey?

4. What happens to Sammie after he recovers?

5. Who has Injun Jill told about Dencey and Sammie's meetings for reading lessons?

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