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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. Who is Caleb and Joel's first tutor?
(a) A drunk who hates native Indians.
(b) No one.
(c) The professor of classics.
(d) An elderly, kind gentleman.

2. About what is Makepeace jealous?
(a) Their father loved Bethia more than Makepeace.
(b) Bethia and Caleb's success at learning.
(c) Their mother loved Bethia more than Makepeace.
(d) Other men his age have gone off to college.

3. What are the repercussions to Anne's miscarriage?
(a) None.
(b) She has to come back and work for one year.
(c) She has to confess the name of the father of the child.
(d) She has to marry within a month.

4. What happens to Joel on his way back to Cambridge?
(a) His boat is swamped and he is killed by angry natives..
(b) He is swimming when the boat is anchored and is killed by a shark.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He is waylaid by pirates.

5. What is never mentioned in commencement?
(a) Sammuel's tutoring.
(b) Joel's name or anything about him.
(c) Makepeace.
(d) Bethia's hard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Makepeace believe about Solace?

2. What does Bethia decide Anne must do?

3. What does Samuel confess to Bethia?

4. For whom does Bethia watch as the boat sets out for Cambridge?

5. What does Bethia feel the need to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Caleb and Joel do on their entrance exams?

2. What are a couple things Bethia does during her first days at the school?

3. What happens to Joel on his way to the mainland?

4. Why is Caleb still disturbed about the situation with Anne and what does he do?

5. What is the time frame when Chapter 1 of this section opens and why is Bethia writing again?

6. Describe a little about Anne's life.

7. What does Bethia do in order to help Caleb when he is dying?

8. Why is Samuel's marriage proposal to Bethia interrupted, and what how does Bethia handle the situation.

9. What does Bethia say to Corlett about applying for a position at another school and what is his response?

10. What is Smauel Corlett like?

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