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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an excuse for festivity as Marguerite guesses in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) A roof raising.
(b) Barn raising.
(c) Corn shelling.
(d) Wool gathering.

2. In part 3, who sings the most often after the corn shelling is done?
(a) Aunt Hespa.
(b) Ira.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Marguerite.

3. What item does Marguerite wish she had at the beginning of part 3 so that she might pray for Ira Sargent and Abby Welles?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A rosary.
(c) A St. Jude medal.
(d) A crucifix.

4. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?
(a) Isle au Haut.
(b) Monhegan.
(c) Mount Desert.
(d) Sunday Island.

5. What image does Dolly suggest the neighbors will compare her children to if they are not washed and cleaned?
(a) Pigs playing in slop.
(b) Sheep just brought in from the fields.
(c) Cows caught in a muddy paddock.
(d) A horse lathered in sweat after a heavy run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a trough?

2. Why does Joel Sargent tell his wife the captain of the Isabella B stayed with them for so long?

3. What gift did Ethan Jordan bring to Abby Welles upon his return from Portsmouth?

4. What does Caleb criticize Marguerite for doing after she saw the bear?

5. In what year does the novel begin?

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