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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 Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Frenchee.
(c) Girl.
(d) Injun.

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

3. Who does the children hope will come find them while they are lost in the woods in part 2?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Joel.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Ira.

4. What does Marguerite think of her reflection after having not seen herself for many months?
(a) She likes what she sees.
(b) She is unhappy with the shape of her nose.
(c) She thinks she looks like an Indian.
(d) Her reflection seems odd to her becasue it has matured some.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What chore does Caleb allow Marguerite to do that she often finds wearisome, though she refuses to tell Caleb, in Part 2?

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

4. What is the last thing the men do to the house before they finish work at the Raising?

5. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?

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