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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 season is arriving at the beginning of the book?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. For what length of time is Tom home on this visit?
(a) Three months.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Eight weeks.

3. What happens to the baby of the man who died on the ship?
(a) He is kidnapped.
(b) He dies.
(c) He gets malaria.
(d) He develops heart trouble.

4. On what street does Elias' house sit?
(a) Port Street.
(b) South Harbor Street.
(c) North Water Street.
(d) Bay View Street.

5. What shocks Tom when he returns home?
(a) The Meeting House has been destroyed.
(b) Lydia is pregnant.
(c) Dencey has lost her front teeth.
(d) Lydia has taken in Stephen's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Tom's ship?

2. What causes a rift between Tom and his father?

3. Nantucket is off the coast of which state?

4. What makes Dencey so happy about spending time with Tom?

5. Who becomes patriarch of Lydia and Tom's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Nantucket in Chapter 7?

2. What does Tom do in order to marry Lydia?

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

4. What role does Elias,Tom's father, take on in the household? What does he do that scares Dencey?

5. How does Tom Coffyn meet Lydia Severance?

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

7. What objects which Tom brings home does Dencey especially like? Why does her mother chastise her admiration of them?

8. What is the family's response to Tom's homecoming, and what shock is in store for Tom regarding the size of his family now?

9. How does Sammie react to Dencey and her mission of forgiveness?

10. How soon after his last letter does Tom return home?

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