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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. What name is given to the boys who torment Dencey on the street?
(a) Rabble Rousers.
(b) Hellians.
(c) Freedmen.
(d) Fragmenters.

2. Why can Dencey not go on to school one morning?
(a) She has the stomach flu.
(b) She is breaking out in a rash.
(c) She is dirty and disheveled.
(d) She sprained her ankle.

3. What is Dencey's mother's name?
(a) Linda.
(b) Lynne.
(c) Lisette.
(d) Lydia.

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

5. At whose home does Sammie live?
(a) Captain Thwaits.
(b) Injun Jill's.
(c) Rev. Westmoreland's.
(d) Mr. Everman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tom not bring presents for the twelve children?

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

3. Into whose home does Lydia and Tom's family move?

4. What did the people of Nantucket rely on to make their living?

5. Who takes care of Martha when she, too, falls ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objects which Tom brings home does Dencey especially like? Why does her mother chastise her admiration of them?

2. How does Sammie react to Dencey and her mission of forgiveness?

3. How soon after his last letter does Tom return home?

4. What disheartening news does Lydia receive in a letter from Tom?

5. Where does the Coffyn family move? Why do they like it, especially Dencey?

6. What role does Elias,Tom's father, take on in the household? What does he do that scares Dencey?

7. Explain the class system on Nantucket.

8. Why would Lydia be forbidden to marry Tom?

9. What tragedies befall Martha White's family, and what does Lydia do to help?

10. How does Tom Coffyn meet Lydia Severance?

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