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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Kit and Judith sent out to the meadows?
(a) Because they are in trouble.
(b) To shoo away the rabbits.
(c) To weed the onion fields.
(d) To pick berries.

2. What familiar person does Kit meet again at the Meeting House?
(a) John.
(b) Mrs. Cruff.
(c) Mrs. Eaton.
(d) Nat.

3. What does William think that his new responsibility will enable him to do?
(a) Settle down.
(b) Give him advancement in politics.
(c) Move to the big city.
(d) Gain respect in the community.

4. What hurtful thing does Judith say about her cousin her first night there?
(a) That Kit should have been a boy; it would be more helpful.
(b) That Kit is not very pretty.
(c) That Kit is just a spoiled farm girl.
(d) That Kit is not very nice.

5. Whom does Judith declare she is going to marry?
(a) Nat.
(b) Mark Holmes.
(c) John Holbrook.
(d) No one ever!

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the school that Mercy teaches the young children?

2. What rumor is Mrs. Cruff spreading about Kit on their boat ride to Wethersfield?

3. What does William think about the new governor of the Colonies appointed by the King?

4. What does William ask Matthew in Chapter 6?

5. What happens when Kit begins to help with the chores?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Judith share about the person who lives in the little house near the marshy pond?

2. How are Mercy and Kit's approaches to teaching the children different?

3. How does Kit feel when William Ashby comes to court her?

4. How is the town of Saybrook described?

5. What is Matthew's opinion and fear about the coming of the new governor to the Colonies?

6. What is the reaction Kit receives when she jumps into the water to rescue the dropped doll?

7. What information does Judith share with Kit about the Great Meadow?

8. How do her cousins respond to Kit's inability to do chores?

9. What do the inspectors do after they are angered by what they see at the dame school?

10. How does Kit feel about being out in the sun as she heads to the Great Meadow?

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