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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dencey hate about herself?
(a) Her accent.
(b) Her swarthy complexion.
(c) Her red hair.
(d) Her big feet.

2. Dencey also likes that the new house is next door to whose house?
(a) Sara's.
(b) Sammie's.
(c) Hopestill's.
(d) Elizabeth's.

3. Where does Dencey's father work?
(a) London.
(b) The West coast.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Chicago.

4. What does Tom promise the twelve children in lieu of gifts?
(a) Gifts the next time.
(b) A short trip on the ship.
(c) Food from the ship.
(d) A shopping trip in town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caleb Severance?

2. How is Hopestill related to Dencey?

3. What is Dencey's formal name?

4. In a letter, Tom tells Lydia that he must go to ________________ to find more whales.

5. For what is Injun Jill known?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dencey's faith compare to her cousin Hopestill's faith?

2. What is Dencey's plan to get Sammie to forgive her and what risk does she take if she carries it out?

3. Why can Dencey not go to school after the rock throwing, and where does she decide to go?

4. Several years after her marriage, what family burden does Lydia accept?

5. How does Dencey feel about her father's homecoming after so many delays?

6. Why is Lydia so concerned about the strength of Dencey's religious faith?

7. What are the circumstances that make Dencey angry enough to throw a rock at Sammie Jetsam?

8. What disheartening news does Lydia receive in a letter from Tom?

9. Explain the class system on Nantucket.

10. How does Dencey react to Sammie's response to her offers of forgiveness?

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