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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?
(a) On the ship's rail.
(b) On a keg.
(c) On the ship's deck.
(d) On Marguerite's lap.

2. In Aunt Hespa's song, what is the dress the young woman wanted to make her dress out of?
(a) Silk.
(b) Sprigged calico.
(c) Spun cotton.
(d) Cashmere.

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

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

5. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) The same age.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marguerite point out in the night sky to the children?

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

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

4. What business did Marguerite's uncle plan to start in the New World?

5. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?

(see the answer key)

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