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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. How many muskets does Kin say that the men have who are walking barefoot on a trail?

2. How many fish does Henry catch while they are trying to get the girls back to their families?

3. What is Kin served at Reverend Blaxton's house?

4. What island in the West Indies does Kin intend to go to first?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is Reverend Blaxton considered to be eccentric?

6. Why does the Musketaquid River worry Kin?

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

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

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

10. How did Henry learn to speak English?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kin experiences a number of conflicts--internal and external. Discuss conflicts that Kin experiences in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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