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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. Miss Frye had refused to let her adopted son be subjected to the church or what when growing up in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) Public schools.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Druid writings.
(d) The neighbor boy.

2. How many natural sons did Miss Frye have in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. What is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Gout.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Yellow fever.

4. What does Tekoa say was poisoned on the Orion in Chapter 3 of "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) The tea.
(b) The bread.
(c) The potatoes.
(d) The fish.

5. What color eyes is the statue described as having in "The Binnacle Boy"?
(a) "Ghost white."
(b) "Chicory blue."
(c) "Emerald green."
(d) "Fire red."

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Frye's flower seeds purchased from a street vendor had done what in Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

2. What is the setting of "The Binnacle Boy"?

3. In Chapter 1 of "The Binnacle Boy," Miss Frye recalls what her mother had said: "Girls take after their mother, Evangeline. Men take after" what?

4. What disability is Tekoa afflicted with in "The Binnacle Boy"?

5. How many women pay a visit to Miss Frye in Chapter 2 of "The Binnacle Boy"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of the climax in "The Binnacle Boy" seem unrealistic? Why?

2. What inner conflicts does Tekoa struggle with in "The Binnacle Boy"? What does Sarah?

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

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

5. Describe Miss Frye in "The Binnacle Boy." What is her demeanor?

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

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

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

9. How is the character of Ethan described in "The Binnacle Boy"?

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

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