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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1843.
(c) 1643.
(d) 1943.

2. What chore does Caleb allow Marguerite to do that she often finds wearisome, though she refuses to tell Caleb, in Part 2?
(a) Potato digging.
(b) Scraping animal hides.
(c) Corn grinding.
(d) Drying fish.

3. What job is Marguerite immediately given as the Raising starts?
(a) Keeping flies from the food.
(b) Watching over the children.
(c) Cooking the wildfowl.
(d) Filling the spaces between logs on the new house.

4. How many children do the Sargents have?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. What is still left to be done in the Sargents' house after the Raising is done?
(a) Bedrooms are to be added later.
(b) Floors to be laid and furnishing constructed.
(c) Windows need glass.
(d) A stove needs to be brought from Marblehead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work do the women indulge after the large meal is finished during the Raising?

2. What does Marguerite think of her reflection after having not seen herself for many months?

3. How does Aunt Hespa get across the channel to help treat Debby's burns?

4. Who says the young man in Aunt Hespa's song was wrong to leave his lover?

5. Why did Marguerite not attend Debby's burial?

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