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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 interrupts Mrs. Morrill's story?
(a) Greta.
(b) Princess.
(c) Retha.
(d) Voices.

2. Who asks Mrs. Stanton if she saw the duke?
(a) Mrs. Trask.
(b) Retha.
(c) Mrs. Morrill.
(d) Greta.

3. Where is Retha?
(a) At school.
(b) Up the shore with her father.
(c) At a friend's home.
(d) Asleep.

4. How does Greta feel about Mrs. Trask?
(a) She is scared of her.
(b) She doesn't like her.
(c) She is wary of her.
(d) She likes her.

5. What are the Morrills doing when Greta arrives?
(a) Getting ready for a burial.
(b) Getting ready for church.
(c) Going to the doctor.
(d) Preparing dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Captain Cheney go back to the shore?

2. When did Greta's father get the knife?

3. What lesson does Retha's mother believe all people need to learn?

4. Besides Greta, who else is visiting in church?

5. What does Greta's father point out to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Greta's father say when she asks him if there will be any more heavy fogs soon?

2. What seems to be the significance of Greta turning twelve?

3. How does Christine describe her feelings about her twelfth birthday to Greta?

4. Why do the names Ansel Cornwall and Leah Cornwall sound familiar to Greta?

5. What is the time comparison like between Little Valley and Blue Cove?

6. How do the ladies make Mrs. Stanton's appearance in her dress special?

7. What does Mrs. Stanton take with her to Halifax?

8. What does Greta have planned for Wisp and her kittens?

9. How do the men on the Emmeretta require the captain's body to be taken back to Blue Cove?

10. What do the women of Blue Cove say about Leah?

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