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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 brig is approaching the coast in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) The Lynx.
(b) The Cougar.
(c) The Orion.
(d) The Scorpio.

2. Whose footsteps did Miss Frye's natural sons follow in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Their adopted brother's.
(b) Their uncle's.
(c) Their father's.
(d) Their grandfather's.

3. Where did Miss Frye find her adopted son in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) On the docks.
(b) At church.
(c) A crossroads.
(d) Her doorstep.

4. What is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Gout.
(d) Scurvy.

5. What visitor of Miss Frye's is dressed in a black mourning dress for her son in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Mrs. Stiggins.
(b) Miss Bunch.
(c) Miss Mayhew.
(d) Tekoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Off of what coast were Miss Frye's natural sons when they went down in a storm in "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. Who protests when Miss Bunch asks Tekoa to tell them what is being said to the statue in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. In what month was it when Miss Frye found her adopted son in "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. What does the statue hold in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tekoa feel about her role as "translator" in "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What news does Tekoa relate to Miss Frye upon her arrival in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. What ceremony is described in the opening of Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. How does Miss Frye react to the news of her son's death in "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. What does Ethan represent to Miss Frye symbolically in "The Binnacle Boy"?

6. What inner conflicts does Tekoa struggle with in "The Binnacle Boy"? What does Sarah?

7. What information does Tekoa reveal to the women in "The Binnacle Boy"?

8. Why do the visitors in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy" say they have come?

9. What time of year is it in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"? How is this revealed?

10. What is anticipated in the beginning of Chapter 1 in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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