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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?
(a) He is barking his afraid bark.
(b) He is chasing the neighbors from house.
(c) He is sniffing at the ground.
(d) He is chasing his tail.

2. What job did Marguerite want to attend to at the Raising?
(a) Keeping flies from the food.
(b) Cooking the wildfowl.
(c) Filling the spaces between the logs on the new house.
(d) Minding the children.

3. Who is to sail with the Isabella B when it leaves for Portsmouth?
(a) Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan.
(b) Ira Sargent and Ethan Jordan.
(c) Ira Sargent and Caleb Sargent.
(d) Timothy and Abby Welles.

4. How many children do the Sargents have?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

5. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?
(a) She is kicked by one of the children in their sleep.
(b) She is punished by Joel Sargent for insolence.
(c) She falls below deck during the storm.
(d) She is hit with debris while helping to save the livestock during a storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things that delayed the sailing of the Isabella B prior to the Raising?

2. Who does the children hope will come find them while they are lost in the woods in part 2?

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

4. What is the point of view of the novel?

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

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