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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sailors were removed from the ship in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) 22.
(b) 17.
(c) 4.
(d) 36.

2. Tekoa arrives at Miss Frye's house to do what in the morning of Chapter 4 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Mop the floof.
(b) Do laundry.
(c) Mix bread dough.
(d) Make coffee.

3. Who protests when Miss Bunch asks Tekoa to tell them what is being said to the statue in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Mrs. Stiggins.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Miss Mayhew.
(d) Miss Frye.

4. Miss Frye's flower seeds purchased from a street vendor had done what in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Frozen in the snow.
(b) Not bloomed.
(c) Bloomed everywhere.
(d) Wilted.

5. What is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles?
(a) Weathervane.
(b) Compass.
(c) Clinometer.
(d) Micrometer.

6. What is the name of Miss Frye's usual maid whom she awaits in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Miss Bunch.
(b) Sarah Peel.
(c) Miss Mayhew.
(d) Tekoa Peel.

7. Who was Sarah's sweetheart that died on board the Orion in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) George Greenfeld.
(b) Theodore Taylor.
(c) Simeon Sprigg.
(d) Oscar O'Fallon.

8. Who asks Tekoa about her sister's health in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Miss Bunch.
(b) Mrs. Stiggins.
(c) Ethan Frye.
(d) Miss Mayhew.

9. Who does Tekoa say has fallen ill in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Miss Mayhew.
(b) Evangeline.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mrs. Stiggins.

10. What had Miss Frye been picking when she found an abandoned baby in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Corn.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Apples.

11. In what month was it when Miss Frye found her adopted son in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) March.
(b) August.
(c) January.
(d) October.

12. What plant in Miss Frye's garden has deadly leaves that were used to poison the crew in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Tansy.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Daffodil.
(d) Marigold.

13. Who takes delight in watching people go to the statue to tell their deepest darkest secrets in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Ethan Frye.
(b) Nicholas Frye.
(c) Sarah Anderson.
(d) Miss Frye.

14. Miss Frye had refused to let her adopted son be subjected to the church or what when growing up in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Druid writings.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) The neighbor boy.
(d) Public schools.

15. Tekoa claims her sister is able to open her mouth and eat, but she refuses to do what in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Talk.
(b) Spit.
(c) Chew.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says it is important to hear the confessions so that they might find out the truth about the Orion in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. In Chapter 4 of "The Binnacle Boy," Miss Frye recalls how her adopted son had become involved with whose son and the other boys in the town?

3. What were Miss Frye's natural sons aboard when they went down in a storm in "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. What is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans?

5. What perennial, herbaceous flowering plant of the aster family is also called Mugwort?

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