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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the people on the ship has died?

3. What do the boys on the street call Dencey?

4. Who is caught throwing pebbles at Lydia's window one night?

5. Tom Coffyn returns after how many years at sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dencey think about as she sits in her room?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Dencey learn about Sammie's home life when she finds him at Injun Jill's?

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

9. Why would Lydia be forbidden to marry Tom?

10. How do visitors to the Coffyn help infuse some liveliness into the family's busy lifestyle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of pride. Identify at least two instances about pride in the book and then cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Aunt Lovesta. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 3

Caroline Dale Snedeker is a master at dramatic devices. Choose examples of symbolism, metaphor, and irony. Identify the device used for each and explain the examples.

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