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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lydia return to Sammie?
(a) The firewood he chopped.
(b) Pilgrim's Progress book.
(c) The stolen coat.
(d) The basket of food.

3. What promise does Dencey say she cannot keep?
(a) To go to choir practice.
(b) To not sing in the house.
(c) To walk to school with Rosie.
(d) Never to see Sammie again.

4. Why do the townspeople begin to see Sammie in a more favorable light?
(a) He took care of Injun Jill.
(b) He made benches for the school.
(c) He chopped firewood for the church.
(d) He saved Dencey's life.

5. What new article of clothing does Stephen receive?
(a) Boots.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Hat.
(d) Coat.

6. What is the only thing that Sammie will help Dencey do now?
(a) Her ciphers.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Make apple butter.
(d) Chop firewood.

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

8. How old are Dencey and Hopestill in Chapter 41?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

9. What advice do Tom and Lydia give to Sammie?
(a) He should become a preacher.
(b) He should go out to sea.
(c) He should take care of Injun Jill.
(d) He should further his education.

10. Who was Injun Jill's boyfriend?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Elias.
(c) Sam.
(d) Bill.

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

12. Who agrees to take Sammie on as a cabin boy?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Joseph.

13. Where is Lydia able to get Sammie admitted to school?
(a) The Fragment Society School.
(b) Whalers Academy.
(c) The Coffin School.
(d) The Nantucket Academy.

14. To what does Sammie invite Dencey to go?
(a) A picnic.
(b) The Maypole dance.
(c) The sheep shearing contest.
(d) The potato sack races.

15. Which of the following is NOT something that tugs at Dencey's loneliness while in her room?
(a) The family's conversations.
(b) A pie eating contest.
(c) The family playing outside.
(d) Lydia's baking popovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sammie note as he recuperates in the Coffyn house?

2. What annual event occurs in Chapter 42?

3. Injun Jill's erratic behavior is affected by _____________________.

4. What is Sammie's demeanor after the husking day?

5. What are Dencey's meals when she is confined to her room for punishment?

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