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

2. What does Marguerite quietly admire about the men working on the house at the Raising?
(a) Their ability to do as they please.
(b) Their ability to turn trees into homes.
(c) Their ability to drink freely.
(d) Their ability to ignore the children.

3. What is a loom?
(a) A device that weaves thread into cloth.
(b) A device that dyes raw wool.
(c) A device that cleans raw wool.
(d) A device that makes thread from wool.

4. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?
(a) Debby.
(b) Aunt Hespa.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) Dolly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?

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

3. What is Passageewakeag?

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

5. What chore does Caleb allow Marguerite to do that she often finds wearisome, though she refuses to tell Caleb, in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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