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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a dory?
(a) A small boat.
(b) A large ship.
(c) A bird.
(d) A tool.

2. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A tiger cub.
(d) A dog.

3. What is Marguerite untangling as the novel begins?
(a) Wool.
(b) Hair.
(c) Children.
(d) Yarn.

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

5. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?
(a) A hollowed out gourd filled with milk.
(b) A rubber glove.
(c) Cleaned pig intestines.
(d) A wooden cup.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marguerite is awoken by the storm, what is the first thing she does?

2. Who rescues Marguerite out of the water after she rescues the cow and calf?

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

4. What reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?

5. What skill was Marguerite taught by the Sisters in a convent in France?

(see the answer key)

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