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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Fall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marguerite wear on a cord around her neck?
(a) Her grandmother's ring and her uncle's photograph.
(b) One of her uncle's buttons and her grandmother's plain gold ring.
(c) A button of her uncle's and a brooch of her grandmother's.
(d) Her uncle's wedding ring and her grandmother's watch.

2. Who are the Morses?
(a) The local magistrate.
(b) Marguerite's family.
(c) Cousins to the Jordans.
(d) Neighbors of the Sargents.

3. How does Marguerite catch sight of her reflection for the first time in many months?
(a) She sees her reflection in the water.
(b) She finds a looking glass in the woods.
(c) She sees her reflection in a window.
(d) She finds a mirror among Dolly's belongings.

4. What chore does Caleb allow Marguerite to do that she often finds wearisome, though she refuses to tell Caleb, in Part 2?
(a) Drying fish.
(b) Corn grinding.
(c) Potato digging.
(d) Scraping animal hides.

5. 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 spreading fear or bringing retribution on themselves.
(b) To keep from inspiring revenge killings.
(c) To keep from scaring the neighbors into leaving the area.
(d) To keep from being forced from their land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?

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

3. Why is the roof of the cave darkened?

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

5. What crops did the Sargents plant upon their arrival that are just coming up in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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