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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 is Lydia's state of mind prior to Tom's return home from the sea?
(a) Despair.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Euphoria.

2. What does Dencey bring so that Sammie would have something new to read?
(a) Rev. Westmoreland's sermon.
(b) Her Uncle Hubert's sermon.
(c) Lydia's poetry.
(d) Aunt Lovesta's sermon.

3. Why are Dencey and Sammie worried about the reading lessons?
(a) They are afraid that the church elders will find out what they are doing.
(b) They are afraid that Dencey's mother won't approve.
(c) They are afraid that they won't finish in time for Sammie to register for school.
(d) They are afraid that Injun Jill will find them.

4. When Sammie admits to Dencey that he cannot read, he is being _________________.
(a) Vulnerable.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Bold.
(d) Arrogant.

5. Lydia is glad to know that Dencey and Sammie were not meeting in Brown's barn for _______________.
(a) Secret reasons.
(b) Play practice.
(c) Romantic reasons.
(d) Religious reasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes patriarch of Lydia and Tom's family?

2. What does Sammie do with the piece of ammonite?

3. What story does Elias tell Dencey that frightens her for the first time?

4. Which of the people on the ship has died?

5. Why does Lydia and Tom's family move to a different house?

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