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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 does Aunt Hespa boil in milk to help cure health complaints?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Bayberry leaves.
(c) Mullein leaves.
(d) Sheep laurel petals.

2. What excuse does Marguerite give Dolly when she slips out of the house Christmas Eve?
(a) She wants to look for blueberries.
(b) She wants to gather pine cones for the fire.
(c) She wants to look for eggs.
(d) She wants to milk the cow.

3. What does Ira take to the Welles on his first visit after the worst of the winter storms?
(a) Cornmeal.
(b) Store bought gifts.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Maple sugar syrup.

4. Why does Marguerite decide Indians must not be so bad as they travel through Penobscot Bay?
(a) They come from French Canada.
(b) One saved a French explorer.
(c) They often live with the French.
(d) A Baron of France married one.

5. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Debby.
(d) Aunt Hespa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Hannah Welles feel Abby should have returned when she made the choice to marry Ira Sargent?

2. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?

3. What is a dory?

4. What food does Patty expect to be served at the Jordans' corn shelling?

5. What does Caleb ask Marguerite to take care of in his absence?

(see the answer key)

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