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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 color eyes is the statue described as having in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) "Fire red."
(b) "Emerald green."
(c) "Ghost white."
(d) "Chicory blue."

2. What had Miss Frye's natural sons developed a taste for in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Opium.
(c) Rum.
(d) Women.

3. What does Tekoa say was poisoned on the Orion in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) The fish.
(b) The bread.
(c) The tea.
(d) The potatoes.

4. Who was aboard the brig which came to shore in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Sarah Peel.
(b) Nicholas Andrews.
(c) Miss Frye's mother.
(d) Ethan Frye.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does one of the visitors notice Tekoa looking in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. The author writes that Miss Frye's mother was also what in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

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"?

4. What refers to a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse?

5. In Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy," Miss Frye recalls what her mother had said: "Girls take after their mother, Evangeline. Men take after" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who appears at Miss Frye's house in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

3. How does Tekoa's role in "The Binnacle Boy" evolve in Chapters 3 and 4?

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

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

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

7. What is the principle objective of the three visitors in "The Binnacle Boy"?

8. How is the statue described in "The Binnacle Boy"? Where is it placed in Chapter 2?

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

10. Who is Tekoa Peel? What is her role in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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