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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Fall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marguerite and the twins spend the morning of the Raising doing?
(a) Garnishing puddings and cakes.
(b) Planting rows of corn.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Picking feathers from wildfowl.

2. What crops did the Sargents plant upon their arrival that are just coming up in Part 2?
(a) Corn, turnips, and potatoes.
(b) Corn, rice, and radishes.
(c) Potatoes, rice, and watermelon.
(d) Potatoes, tomatoes, and beans.

3. Whose fresh dress and white knitted stockings makes Marguerite feel self conscious?
(a) Hannah Welles.
(b) Mary Jane Morse.
(c) Abby Welles.
(d) Eliza Stanley.

4. What job did Marguerite want to attend to at the Raising?
(a) Filling the spaces between the logs on the new house.
(b) Keeping flies from the food.
(c) Minding the children.
(d) Cooking the wildfowl.

5. What is a bound-out girl?
(a) A girl who works as a servant in exchange for room and board.
(b) A girl who runs errands for a family.
(c) A girl who is sent to boarding school.
(d) A girl who travels with families in need.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What special clothing is Debby wearing for the Raising?

3. In part 2, what does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite she is waiting for in order to complete the squares for her Delectable Mountain quilt?

4. At the end of part 2, what does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet on?

5. In Aunt Hespa's song, what is the dress the young woman wanted to make her dress out of?

(see the answer key)

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