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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Spelling Bee.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the delivery book another slight?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Makepeace didn't trust Alvin with money.
(d) Makepeace didn't want Alvin handling transactions.

2. What was Alvin gratified to see?
(a) That his brother's grave was as well tended as any other.
(b) That the roadhouse woman was a fair woman.
(c) That the roadhouse woman was kind to him.
(d) That the roadhouse woman missed her daughter.

3. What is the first word the two people ask Arthur Stuart to spell?
(a) Chicory.
(b) Championship.
(c) Sassafras.
(d) Cinnamon.

4. Why did Mock Berry stay so poor?
(a) People disliked the black family.
(b) No one treated the Berry's fair.
(c) People would charge Mock more than they charge a white customer.
(d) People hated the Berry's.

5. What does Peggy see when she looks into Alvin's future?
(a) That Alvin makes it out of the darkness only if he is woken.
(b) That Alvin makes it out of the darkness at the sacrifice of Arthur Stuarts life.
(c) None of these.
(d) All paths lead to darkness, and none emerge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of emotions did Horace Guester's name bring about in Mistress Modesty?

2. What did Mistress Modesty imagine when she thought of Peggy's pain?

3. Who does Alvin encounter on the road to town?

4. What is "behind the barn' talk?

5. What did Peggy wish to be?

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