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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 special clothing is Debby wearing for the Raising?
(a) A cotton dress.
(b) A homespun t-shirt and diaper.
(c) A silk christening dress.
(d) A holland jumper.

2. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?
(a) The children.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Opinions of their own.

3. What news did Seth Jordan bring the Welles that Hannah demands more details about?
(a) The death of Debby.
(b) Marguerite's trek across the frozen channel.
(c) Jacob's injury.
(d) Raids by the Indians during the winter.

4. How do Marguerite and Dolly get Joel back to the house after he is injured?
(a) They force him to walk.
(b) They pick him up and carry him together.
(c) They call the Jordans.
(d) They drag him, crawling foot by foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, rumors of what delayed the sailing of the Isabella B in one of two incidences?

2. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?

3. In what year does the novel begin?

4. Who says the young man in Aunt Hespa's song was wrong to leave his lover?

5. In part 3, it is revealed that Ira plans to make his home where?

(see the answer key)

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