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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. From what tribe is the woman who keeps Reverend Blaxton's house?

2. What does Kin tell Yance to do while he is gone?

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

4. How had the Indian been hurt that Kin takes to his place after finding him while Kin is out hunting?

5. Which of the settlers at Shooting Creek married a Spanish wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kin cautious about helping the Indian he sees coming up the path?

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

3. Why does the Musketaquid River worry Kin?

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

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

6. Why is Reverend Blaxton considered to be eccentric?

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

8. How did Henry learn to speak English?

9. When Yance is in the stocks, what does a sailor tell him about Pittingel?

10. How does Yance describe Diana Macklin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Kin and Yance have to elude their pursuers. Discuss how Kin and Yance elude their pursuers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Henry, his life and his motives.

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