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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. Where was Sakim the teacher for Kin and his siblings?

2. What does Kin add to a soup they make using venison when he and Yance camp with the girls in the forest?

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

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

5. What do the girls and the Sacketts stop to pick after camping overnight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Musketaquid River worry Kin?

3. Why does Kin decide he will go to the West Indies?

4. How does Yance describe Diana Macklin?

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

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

7. How did Henry learn to speak English?

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

9. Why does Kin believe that something is on the trail he watches while he hunts?

10. Why does Kin believe it is important to read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yance and Kin use deductive reasoning to locate the girls after they escape. Discuss how Yance and Kin use deductive reasoning to locate the girls.

Essay Topic 2

Diana Macklin is portrayed as an independent, self-sufficient person. Discuss why Diana Macklin is thought to be independent and self-sufficient.

Essay Topic 3

Kin learns about the girls' disappearance and that it is thought Indians took them. Discuss the theories about the girls' disappearance.

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