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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the overseer of Kit's grandfather's plantation do?
(a) He increases the plantation's wealth.
(b) He helps Kit when her grandfather dies.
(c) He embezzles from her grandfather and runs off.
(d) He helps Kit move to her aunt's.

2. How do Kit's cousins respond to her many fancy and colorful gowns?
(a) They are jealous.
(b) They think they are inappropriate.
(c) They are fascinated by them.
(d) They think they are ugly.

3. Where do Kit's father and mother meet?
(a) In the Colony.
(b) In Jamaica.
(c) In England.
(d) In Barbados.

4. How does Kit describe her Aunt's home?
(a) As small but splendid.
(b) As large but sparsely furnished.
(c) As dirty and run-down.
(d) As large, ornate and gaudy.

5. How does John Holbrook view reading?
(a) Reading is completely pointless.
(b) Reading is purely for pleasure.
(c) Reading is for pleasure and work.
(d) Reading is work, not for pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the port where Kit first goes ashore on her way to Wethersfield?

2. In chapter one, how do people seem to respond to Kit jumping in the water?

3. What type of home does Kit grown up in?

4. After Kit's grandfather dies, what happens to the plantation and Kit's wealth?

5. What group of people does Kit see at the port dressed in somber colors and styles?

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