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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 the prize for the winner of the corn husking contest?
(a) He got a new axe.
(b) He could eat his fill of homemade pies.
(c) He got a week's worth of dinners.
(d) He could kiss the prettiest girl.

2. What behavior has Dencey exhibited lately that worries Lydia?
(a) Defiance.
(b) Giddiness.
(c) Depression.
(d) Sullenness.

3. Why does Sammie say that Injun Jill looks down on him?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is a runaway.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He is only half Indian.

4. Why is Lydia unable to get Sammie admitted to the school in #119?
(a) He is not a full time citizen.
(b) He caused too much trouble when he attended for a week.
(c) He has not had the prerequisite classes.
(d) He does not have the tuition fee.

5. Whom does Sammie come to think is his mother?
(a) Injun Jill.
(b) Lovesta.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Sara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that tugs at Dencey's loneliness while in her room?

2. What is the name of the ship on which Sammie will be working?

3. Why does Sammie shuck corn at lightning speed?

4. How many coats does Sammie have?

5. Why does Dencey ultimately decide to take Stephen's coat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dencey respond when Sammie tells her that Injun Jill will not let him study with Dencey anymore?

2. How has Sammie changed within himself? What changes do other people note about him?

3. Why does Sammie want to win the corn husking contest but is also afraid that he might win it?

4. What happens when Lydia confronts Dencey about meeting with Sammie at Brown's barn?

5. What is the state of Dencey and Sammie's relationship in Chapter 28?

6. What is Lydia's response when she finds that Dencey has been reading an inappropriate book?

7. What is Aunt Lovesta's advice for Dencey regarding her punishment? What must Dencey promise not to do again?

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

9. 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?

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

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