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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. Why is Dencey so sad on the day of Nantucket's main event?
(a) Her prize sheep will be entered into the contest.
(b) Her father has not answered her letter.
(c) She is being punished and not allowed to go.
(d) She won't get any fresh berries.

2. What change does Lydia make to Dencey's room so that Dencey can think about what she has done and why she is being punished?
(a) She removes Rosie's bed.
(b) She nails the shutters closed.
(c) She removes all the pictures.
(d) She removes the lamp.

3. Dencey sees a poster announcing ___________________________.
(a) The annual apple picking contest.
(b) A lost kitten.
(c) The arrival of Professor Snubshoe and his act.
(d) The Summer Festival.

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

5. What annual event occurs in Chapter 42?
(a) Baling hay.
(b) Autumn harvest.
(c) The annual husking.
(d) Apple picking weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lovesta is banned from preaching for how many years?

2. What awakens Lovesta one night?

3. What is the only thing that Sammie will help Dencey do now?

4. What is the prize for the winner of the corn husking contest?

5. How many words does Sammie learn in his first day of lessons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sammie grow to like about being in the Coffyn house, and what does Sammie realize that he has always craved for his life?

2. Who is Aunt Lovesta, and what is Dencey's relationship with her?

3. What is Dencey's punishment for not refusing to see Sammie again?

4. Why is Lydia unable to get Sammie admitted to the Fragment Society School

5. What path has Sammie found for his future, and what feelings does Dencey have after he kisses her?

6. What does Dencey find when she takes a risk to go exploring in the attic?

7. Explain what happens when Injun Jill discovers Sammie studying with Dencey again.

8. Why does Dencey feel driven to teach Sammie to read despite some of his behavior?

9. What is the basis of the silent war between Sammie and Injun Jill?

10. What is Sammie's response when Dencey brings the alphabet poster chart for Sammie?

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