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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 does grit mean as used in Part 1 of this novel?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Courage.
(c) Foreigner.
(d) Stupidity.

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

3. To where were Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother planning to go when they left France?
(a) Marblehead.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New York.
(d) Canada.

4. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?
(a) She is punished by Joel Sargent for insolence.
(b) She falls below deck during the storm.
(c) She is hit with debris while helping to save the livestock during a storm.
(d) She is kicked by one of the children in their sleep.

5. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?
(a) TransAtlantic.
(b) TransStar.
(c) Isabella B.
(d) Isadora D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marguerite wear on a cord around her neck?

2. What is a bound-out girl?

3. What are the mugs made of that Aunt Hespa serves milk in after Marguerite's ordeal in the channel saving the cows?

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

5. What is one of the reasons Joel Sargent gives for deciding to sell all he owns to buy this new farm?

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