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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 brig is approaching the coast in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) The Orion.
(b) The Cougar.
(c) The Lynx.
(d) The Scorpio.

2. Who says that while they are at the house it might be interesting for Tekoa to tell them what she sees at the statue in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Miss Mayhew.
(b) Mrs. Stiggins.
(c) Miss Pike.
(d) Miss Bunch.

3. "The Binnacle Boy" statue is described as being "Straight backed, ____ lipped."
(a) Strong.
(b) Loose.
(c) Sober.
(d) Weak.

4. What is the name of the son Miss Frye's visitor in Chapter 2 who was friends with Miss Frye's adopted son in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Paul.
(b) Jeroboam.
(c) George.
(d) Michael.

5. After some coaxing, Tekoa reveals that she knows what at the end of Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Who in the town is unfaithful.
(b) Who the criminals are in town.
(c) Where the Binnacle Boy is.
(d) What killed the crew of the Orion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose footsteps did Miss Frye's natural sons follow in "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. Miss Frye had refused to let her adopted son be subjected to the church or what when growing up in "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. What plant in Miss Frye's garden has deadly leaves that were used to poison the crew in "The Binnacle Boy"?

4. That time do the church bells indicate when Tekoa sees someone approach the statue in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. After several months, the statue in "The Binnacle Boy" becomes a place for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ceremony is described in the opening of Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What does Ethan represent to Miss Frye symbolically in "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. Why do the visitors in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy" say they have come?

4. Who appears at Miss Frye's house in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. How does Tekoa's role in "The Binnacle Boy" evolve in Chapters 3 and 4?

6. What is anticipated in the beginning of Chapter 1 in "The Binnacle Boy"?

7. How is the statue described in "The Binnacle Boy"? Where is it placed in Chapter 2?

8. How does Miss Frye feel about the death of Sarah in "The Binnacle Boy"? What is ironic in the end of the story?

9. Who is Tekoa Peel? What is her role in "The Binnacle Boy"?

10. What time of year is it in the beginning of "The Binnacle Boy"? How is this revealed?

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