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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. Which of the following does Tom NOT bring back from the Orient?
(a) Porcelain jars.
(b) Ivory newel post button.
(c) Yards of silk.
(d) Bottles of Sake.

2. How does Dencey's dress get a mark on it?
(a) Ink spilled on it.
(b) A boy threw dirt at her.
(c) She fell in a puddle.
(d) She brushed up against a cask.

3. How is Hopestill related to Dencey?
(a) They are not related.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are step sisters.

4. Why does Lydia and Tom's family move to a different house?
(a) It is right next to the school.
(b) It is bigger and can accommodate them.
(c) It is closer to the seaport.
(d) It is a closer walk to the Meeting House.

5. What cruel reality does Dencey realize about Sammie's life?
(a) He has a speech impediment.
(b) He has no one to care for him.
(c) He has a club foot.
(d) He is a slow learner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Fragmenters?

2. Dencey also likes that the new house is next door to whose house?

3. What is the name of the family's religion?

4. Who fills Dencey's basket with food before she goes to visit Sammie?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do visitors to the Coffyn help infuse some liveliness into the family's busy lifestyle?

2. Why can Dencey not go to school after the rock throwing, and where does she decide to go?

3. How does Dencey react to Sammie's vulnerability, and what plan does she need to make for what she wants to do to help Sammie now?

4. Why would Lydia be forbidden to marry Tom?

5. How does the author describe Nantucket in Chapter 7?

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

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

8. How does Dencey feel about her father's homecoming after so many delays?

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

10. What does Dencey learn about Sammie's home life when she finds him at Injun Jill's?

(see the answer keys)

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