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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 is the work of the person whom Dencey visits daily?
(a) Cook.
(b) Editor.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Teacher.
2. Injun Jill's erratic behavior is affected by _____________________.
(a) Her speech impediment.
(b) Her alcoholism.
(c) Her mental illness.
(d) Her joint disease.
3. What is the only thing that Sammie will help Dencey do now?
(a) Make apple butter.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Her ciphers.
(d) Chop firewood.
4. How does Sammie try to cover up his uneasiness about being with Dencey?
(a) He tries to make her angry.
(b) He tries to be funny.
(c) He tries to appear smarter than he is.
(d) He tries to hurt her feelings.
5. What is the prize for the winner of the corn husking contest?
(a) He could eat his fill of homemade pies.
(b) He got a new axe.
(c) He got a week's worth of dinners.
(d) He could kiss the prettiest girl.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the nature of Sammie's illness?
2. Where do Dencey and Sammie decide to hide the item from Injun Jill?
3. What does Dencey bring so that Sammie would have something new to read?
4. Which of the following is something Aunt Lovesta does NOT tell Dencey that Dencey can do?
5. Why does Dencey ultimately decide to take Stephen's coat?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why will Dencey be punished for trying to teach Sammie to read?
2. What is the state of Dencey and Sammie's relationship in Chapter 28?
3. What is the basis of the silent war between Sammie and Injun Jill?
4. What does Dencey find when she takes a risk to go exploring in the attic?
5. Why does Sammie want to win the corn husking contest but is also afraid that he might win it?
6. Why does Dencey feel driven to teach Sammie to read despite some of his behavior?
7. What has happened to Lovesta after her years of punishment?
8. Why does the fire alarm ring in the morning, and why does Lydia hold Sammie responsible for the trouble?
9. What is Aunt Lovesta's advice for Dencey regarding her punishment? What must Dencey promise not to do again?
10. What is Lydia's response when she finds that Dencey has been reading an inappropriate book?
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