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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses with color and patterns.
(b) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.
(c) Dresses of silk.
(d) Dresses of soft cotton.

2. What is the point of view of the novel?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

3. What cargo does the Fortunate Star carry?
(a) Cloth and tea for sale in Boston.
(b) Lumber to the Royal Navy.
(c) Coffee and beans for the people of Boston.
(d) Dried goods for the Royal Navy.

4. What does Joel do while in the throes of a fever in part 4?
(a) Moan in agony.
(b) Firght Indians.
(c) Scream out orders to Ira and Caleb.
(d) Cry out for Debby.

5. What favorite memory of Christmas with the Sisters at the convent does Marguerite have?
(a) Feeding the poor.
(b) Exchaning presents.
(c) Watching the Christmas pageant.
(d) Singing Christmas carols.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?

2. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?

3. Why does Joel Sargent refuse to ask any of his neighbors for more ammunition?

4. What is the name of the girl in Aunt Hespa's song, Calico Bush?

5. How do Marguerite and Dolly get Joel back to the house after he is injured?

(see the answer key)

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