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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 does Marguerite point out in the night sky to the children?
(a) Constellations.
(b) A falling star.
(c) The direction to their new home.
(d) The full moon.

2. Who does Dolly blame for the baby's burns?
(a) Marguerite for not watching the child closer.
(b) The twins for pushing the child close to the fire.
(c) Joel for brining them there and herself for not teaching the child to fear fire.
(d) Ira for putting too many logs on the fire.

3. What are the guests at the Jordans' corn shelling expected to do?
(a) Make creamed corn from the ears of corn.
(b) Pick the ears of corn.
(c) Shred the corn kernels from the cob.
(d) Peel the outer covering from dried corn.

4. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?
(a) The twins.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Patty.
(d) Jacob.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?

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

3. Who are the Morses?

4. How has Ira Sargent created a calendar at the new farm?

5. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?

(see the answer key)

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