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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.
(b) Dresses of soft cotton.
(c) Dresses of silk.
(d) Dresses with color and patterns.

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

3. What favorite memory of her grandmother at Christmas does Marguerite have?
(a) The shopping trips.
(b) The gifts she often gave.
(c) The special cakes she baked.
(d) The cookies she baked.

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

5. What treat does Abby talk her mother into serving Ira Sargent and Marguerite?
(a) Pumpkin pie.
(b) Fresh bread.
(c) Spice cake.
(d) Molasses cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Marguerite not attend Debby's burial?

2. What does the Indian call the person who helped heal him in Quebec?

3. In part 2, what do the men spend most of their evenings doing?

4. In part 3, whose cruel comments have caused Marguerite to feel sad and old?

5. What items has Seth Jordan given the Sargents to plant in their fields?

(see the answer key)

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