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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what type of tree does Yance find tracks of men walking barefoot?

2. What direction does Yance decide he and Kin should go in the morning after the girls have escaped their captors?

3. What did Yance set outside Temperance's family home and then he disappeared and laid low?

4. Where does the Reverend Blaxton live?

5. What is the name of John Tilly's ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kin tell Anna Temperance of life at Shooting Creek?

2. Why does Yance say that he and Kin will be alone looking for the kidnapped girls?

3. What does Kin tell Yance before he leaves for the West Indies?

4. Why does the Musketaquid River worry Kin?

5. How do Kin and Yance know that the girls have escaped their captors?

6. How did Henry become a slave?

7. What evidence is available that could cause Diana to be brought up before the assises?

8. How did Henry become the servant of a ship's captain?

9. Where does Kin tell Diana that she and her father can go if she is not welcome back at Cape Ann?

10. How does Kin describe the path he watches while he hunts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how dialogue is used in the novel to reveal information about characters and to advance plot.

Essay Topic 2

Kin believes that Pittingel is behind the kidnapping of Diana and Carrie, but is warned by Blaxton and Maverick that it is dangerous to accuse the man. Discuss the accusations against Pittingel and why it is dangerous to accuse Pittingel of the kidnappings.

Essay Topic 3

In Jamaica, people like Henry are called maroons. Discuss who maroons are, their lives and how they help Kin and Henry.

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