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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. How many days does it take the boat to make its way up the river to Wethersfield?
(a) 9 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 8 days.

2. Who is the only member of the Wood family not expected to attend prayer meeting?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Judith.
(d) Rachel.

3. What does Kit think of the fields of the Great Meadow?
(a) That there are too many bugs.
(b) That they are very plain.
(c) That they smell.
(d) That they are beautiful.

4. What state seems to be taking longer accepting a governor appointed by the monarchy?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Virginia.

5. What warning does Mr. Holbrook give Kit?
(a) That society is different in the Colony.
(b) That the water is full of parasites.
(c) To keep her hands and feet in the boat at all times.
(d) That she has to watch out who she befriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rachel and Mercy make for Kit?

2. In Chapter 7, what important responsibility has William recently been given?

3. Who raises Kit?

4. How is Kit received when her aunt learns that she has come to live with them?

5. Whom does Judith declare she is going to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Judith respond when Rachel suggests that she share her bed with Kit?

2. Who is John Holbrook and what warning does he give to Kit Tyler while they are aboard the Dolphin?

3. How do her cousins respond to Kit's inability to do chores?

4. How does Kit's aunt receive her niece?

5. How does Nat first meet Hannah?

6. Describe Hannah's first interaction with Kit.

7. What story does Kit share with her relatives when she first arrives, telling them how she came to be penniless?

8. What role does Kit think Mercy plays in the Wood household?

9. How does Kit feel when William Ashby comes to court her?

10. How does Kit feel about being out in the sun as she heads to the Great Meadow?

(see the answer keys)

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