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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 grit mean as used in Part 1 of this novel?
(a) Courage.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Foreigner.
(d) Intelligence.

2. 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.

3. In Aunt Hespa's song, what is the dress the young woman wanted to make her dress out of?
(a) Sprigged calico.
(b) Cashmere.
(c) Silk.
(d) Spun cotton.

4. What is a loom?
(a) A device that weaves thread into cloth.
(b) A device that cleans raw wool.
(c) A device that makes thread from wool.
(d) A device that dyes raw wool.

5. In part 2, what bird does Marguerite show a reluctance to eat?
(a) Geese.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Wildfowl.
(d) Pigeons.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of part 2, what does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet on?

2. What is one of the reasons Joel Sargent gives for deciding to sell all he owns to buy this new farm?

3. Who rescues Marguerite out of the water after she rescues the cow and calf?

4. Why does Joel Sargent tell his wife the captain of the Isabella B stayed with them for so long?

5. What is a dory?

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