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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 do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Dried fruit.
(c) Honey.
(d) Jam.

2. What work do the women indulge after the large meal is finished during the Raising?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Darning socks.
(c) Knitting and patchwork.
(d) Washing dishes.

3. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?
(a) Calais.
(b) Arles.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Le Havre.

4. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?
(a) The twins.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Patty.
(d) Jacob.

5. In part 3, it is revealed that Ira plans to make his home where?
(a) On Sunday Island.
(b) In Marblehead.
(c) On a hundred acres of land on Sargent's Point that Joel has given him.
(d) On an acre of land Mr. Welles has given him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a bound-out girl?

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

3. What chore does Marguerite take over in Ira's absence?

4. In part 4, what do the twins draw straws to do?

5. What things does Hannah Welles criticize Ira Sargent for in part 4?

(see the answer key)

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