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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 food does Patty expect to be served at the Jordans' corn shelling?
(a) Molasses cakes.
(b) Potato salad.
(c) Hasty pudding.
(d) Fried chicken.

2. Who responds to Marguerite with friendliness at the Raising that brings Marguerite pleasure?
(a) Dolly Sargent.
(b) Caleb Sargent.
(c) Ira Sargent.
(d) Abby Welles.

3. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?
(a) She is punished by Joel Sargent for insolence.
(b) She is kicked by one of the children in their sleep.
(c) She falls below deck during the storm.
(d) She is hit with debris while helping to save the livestock during a storm.

4. Why is the roof of the cave darkened?
(a) There have been many fires inside the cave.
(b) The damp has caused a growth of mold.
(c) The Indians have drawn on it.
(d) The bears have rubbed against it, staining it with the oils from their coats.

5. What date does Ira Sargent tell Marguerite it will be the day after she has visited Debby's grave?
(a) December 31.
(b) March 1.
(c) February 27.
(d) January 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the children begins to show the most ill effects from the harsh winter weather?

2. Who does the children hope will come find them while they are lost in the woods in part 2?

3. In part 2, why does Joel Sargent forbid Marguerite from telling the neighbors about the items she found in the cave?

4. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?

5. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?

(see the answer key)

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