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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marguerite keep going in the right direction during her attempts to retrieve Aunt Hespa?
(a) She follows Pumpkin.
(b) She follows the Aurora Borealis.
(c) She follows Caleb.
(d) She follows the tip of the Big Dipper.

2. How do the twins explain to Marguerite the crickets make their noises?
(a) Rubbing their front legs together.
(b) Rubbing their antenna together.
(c) Rubbing their hind legs together.
(d) Rubbing their tails together.

3. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?
(a) To show off her poetic side.
(b) To build tension in the story.
(c) To foreshadow the death of Marguerite.
(d) To preface the story.

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

5. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Calais.
(c) Arles.
(d) Le Havre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special addition did Dolly make to Marguerite and the twins' dress the morning of the Raising?

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

3. What does Hannah Welles claim is tempting Providence in Part 2?

4. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?

5. How many children do the Stanleys have?

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