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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marguerite only use French when she is alone?
(a) She wants to surprise the Sargents by teaching the language to the children.
(b) The Sargents do not approve of her use of the foreign tongue.
(c) She wants to keep it private, only for herself.
(d) The Sargents cannot understand, therefore she is trying to be polite.

2. What is the point of view of the novel?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

3. What is a skiff?
(a) A large sailboat.
(b) A laundry tool.
(c) A surf board.
(d) A small boat.

4. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?
(a) Isle au Haut.
(b) Mount Desert.
(c) Monhegan.
(d) Sunday Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?

2. In Aunt Hespa's song, what happens to the young woman's lover?

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

4. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?

5. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?

(see the answer key)

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