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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9 - Part 2, Anno 1661, Actatis Suae 17, Cambridge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the perfect day Bethia is experiencing fail to do?
(a) Give her a moment to thank God for the day.
(b) Give her time to herself.
(c) Lift her spirits.
(d) Foretell the tragedy that is to come.

2. Who does Bethia believe will care for Solace?
(a) Makepeace or her father.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Solace is old enough to care for herself.
(d) The housekeeper.

3. Who comes to the Merry mill for help?
(a) A young man from the mainland.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Makepeace.
(d) Two young Wampanoag.

4. What is Samuel to do at the school endowed by John Harvard?
(a) Teach law.
(b) Teach astronomy.
(c) Work as a tutor.
(d) Be a student.

5. Upon what does Bethia's narration focus in this section?
(a) Her life in Nantucket.
(b) Her life with Caleb.
(c) Her life in England.
(d) Her life in Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Bethia gone to do in the story she is telling?

2. What does Caleb do for Solace?

3. What does Bethia do when she returns from her errand?

4. How does Bethia explain knowing Wampanoag?

5. Why is Mayfield traveling to England?

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