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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Indians do Yance and Kin see when they are leading the girls through the forest?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 41.
(d) 54.

2. Besides Carrie and Diana, how many other girls have disappeared without a trace?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What is Kin served at Reverend Blaxton's house?
(a) Hot soup.
(b) Fresh bread.
(c) Nuts and berries.
(d) Warm broth.

4. What did Yance set outside Temperance's family home and then he disappeared and laid low?
(a) Dried corn.
(b) Furs.
(c) Quarter of venison.
(d) Bear meat.

5. How had the Indian been hurt that Kin takes to his place after finding him while Kin is out hunting?
(a) Lanced.
(b) Stabbed.
(c) Shot.
(d) Bow shot.

6. How much more would Diana bring as a slave than would Henry?
(a) 6 times.
(b) 15 times.
(c) 3 to 4 times.
(d) 5 to 10 times.

7. When Henry says he will go to the West Indies, where does Blaxton say some free blacks live?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Hispaniola.
(c) Grenada.
(d) Martinique.

8. Who does Carrie's mother say has said that witches love the night?
(a) Gardner.
(b) Pittingel.
(c) The parson.
(d) Bauer.

9. Near what type of tree does Yance find tracks of men walking barefoot?
(a) White oak.
(b) Black walnut.
(c) Chestnut.
(d) Hemlock.

10. How long does Kin believe it took the Indian to travel to him?
(a) At least two weeks.
(b) 10 days.
(c) Probably more than a week.
(d) 20 days.

11. What does Kin say that his brother Yance fights like?
(a) A bobcat.
(b) A panther.
(c) A catamount.
(d) A bear.

12. How many men were walking barefoot on the trail that Yance finds?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

13. Where was Sakim the teacher for Kin and his siblings?
(a) Rapid Creek.
(b) Shooting Creek.
(c) Meadow Lane.
(d) Falling Meadow.

14. What sound does Kin hear that indicates people are near where he and his brother are camped with the girls?
(a) Metal on metal.
(b) Footsteps.
(c) Breaking twigs.
(d) Sound of an axe.

15. Where does the Reverend Blaxton live?
(a) Sebasticook.
(b) Messalonskee.
(c) Shawmut.
(d) Skowhegan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers are in bloom when Kin is hunting in Chapter 1?

2. How old is the bold young lady that Blaxton and Maverick say disappeared a while back?

3. Of the books that Robert Macklin has on his shelves, which does Kin say he has read?

4. Who asks Kin if he takes his own advice at the end of Chapter 10?

5. How long have people been living in the Massachusetts Bay colony at the time the story is told?

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