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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 is Dencey's mother's name?
(a) Linda.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Lisette.
(d) Lynne.

2. What is Sammie doing when Dencey arrives at the cottage where he lives?
(a) Feeding chickens.
(b) Rubbing down a horse.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Building a fire.

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

4. What is the name of Tom's ship?
(a) Renegade.
(b) Waves of Glory.
(c) Sojourner.
(d) White Wave.

5. Who is the youngest of Stephen's children?
(a) Alice.
(b) Madelyn.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom promise the twelve children in lieu of gifts?

2. What are the boys playing as the book opens?

3. All the local children are afraid of ____________.

4. Which of the following does Dencey NOT do as an act of forgiveness for Sammie?

5. Why does Dencey get mad at the boys on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the Coffyn family move? Why do they like it, especially Dencey?

2. What tragedies befall Martha White's family, and what does Lydia do to help?

3. How do Lydia and Tom greet each other even though Lydia had been almost despondent without her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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