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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 remains the staple of the Sargents' diet during the long, harsh winter?
(a) Tomatoes, dried meat, and rice.
(b) Turnips, radishes, and potatoes.
(c) Carrots, corn, and peas.
(d) Turnips, cornmeal, and dried fish.

2. In part 2, why does Joel Sargent forbid Marguerite from telling the neighbors about the items she found in the cave?
(a) To keep from scaring the neighbors into leaving the area.
(b) To keep from spreading fear or bringing retribution on themselves.
(c) To keep from inspiring revenge killings.
(d) To keep from being forced from their land.

3. What did the captain say takes you places without waiting for no road?
(a) Storm clouds.
(b) The wind.
(c) The sea.
(d) A river.

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

5. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?
(a) The children.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Opinions of their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. The growth of what plants signal the end of summer for Marguerite?

2. In part 3, who keeps watch through the night while the men go to check on the fire at Sargent's Point?

3. What do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?

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

5. What special clothing is Debby wearing for the Raising?

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