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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 20-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What change does Lydia make to Dencey's room so that Dencey can think about what she has done and why she is being punished?
(a) She nails the shutters closed.
(b) She removes all the pictures.
(c) She removes Rosie's bed.
(d) She removes the lamp.

2. What story does Elias tell Dencey that frightens her for the first time?
(a) When he fell overboard a whaling ship.
(b) When Indians attacked his house when he was a boy.
(c) Being snowed in for weeks during a blizzard as a boy.
(d) The horrors of hell for those who disobey God.

3. In Chapter 20, a silent war is going on between Sammie and _________________.
(a) Dencey.
(b) Paul.
(c) Captain Moore.
(d) Injun Jill.

4. Injun Jill's erratic behavior is affected by _____________________.
(a) Her speech impediment.
(b) Her alcoholism.
(c) Her joint disease.
(d) Her mental illness.

5. Into whose home does Lydia and Tom's family move?
(a) Tom's father's home.
(b) Captain White's home.
(c) Their newly built home.
(d) The former preacher's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dencey realize when Injun Jill finds Dencey and Sammie in the middle of a reading lesson?

2. Who is the ten-year-old girl taken in by Lydia and Tom?

3. Who is caught throwing pebbles at Lydia's window one night?

4. In a letter, Tom tells Lydia that he must go to ________________ to find more whales.

5. Which of the following does Dencey NOT do as an act of forgiveness for Sammie?

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