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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mercy tell Kit about their life in Wethersfield?
(a) That life is easy.
(b) She tells Kit not to worry about anything.
(c) That life is very hard for them.
(d) That life has its ups and downs.

2. Why does Kit jump off the boat and into the water in Chapter 1?
(a) To save someone's life.
(b) Because the ship is sinking and everyone has to.
(c) Because it is very hot.
(d) To retrieve what Prudence had dropped.

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

4. What are two sentiments that are deeply ingrained in the Colonies?
(a) The spirit of freedom and liberty.
(b) Interdependence on one another and England.
(c) The ideals of king and country.
(d) Religious freedom and commitment to the crown.

5. What story does Kit have the students act out?
(a) Jonah and the Whale.
(b) Moses and the Exodus of the Israelites.
(c) The story of Esther.
(d) The Good Samaritan.

6. Why does no one live in the Great Meadow?
(a) Because it floods every spring.
(b) Because it is too far from town.
(c) Because the governor has declared it off-limits to the Colonies.
(d) Because it is an ancient Indian burial ground.

7. What is Mr. Holbrook studying to be?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A schoolteacher.
(d) A minister.

8. When Kit finds out that the Woods have no servants, how does she feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Annoyed.

9. Who does Kit note is the staying force of the Wood family?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Judith.

10. When William first comes to court Kit, what do they do?
(a) They go into town.
(b) They sit quietly side by side.
(c) They take a walk around the property.
(d) They play chess.

11. Where is the school that Mercy teaches the young children?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The Meeting House.
(c) The Woods' kitchen.
(d) The town hall.

12. Which members of the Wethersfield community are expected to go to the meeting?
(a) Women only.
(b) Men only.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Adults only.

13. How does Kit feel about her first prayer meeting?
(a) She is indifferent and just glad not to be working.
(b) She find it interesting but a bit long.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She finds it long and boring.

14. When Kit arrives in Wethersfield, who is there to meet her?
(a) A slave woman.
(b) No one.
(c) Her cousins.
(d) Her uncle.

15. In Chapter 10, what does Kit tell Mr. Kimberly about the play-acting at the school?
(a) Kit explains that she is new and did not know.
(b) Kit tells him that the children should be allowed to play-act.
(c) Kit tells him she will not abide by the rules.
(d) Kit explains that she knows that play-acting is bad and is sorry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Kit received when her aunt learns that she has come to live with them?

2. Whom does Judith declare she is going to marry?

3. Who raises Kit?

4. What do the schoolmaster and the reverend do when they come into the class and see the children playing make-believe?

5. Why is Mercy crippled?

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