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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 reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?
(a) The ship is too light.
(b) There are too many storms in the area.
(c) There are too many children on board to risk a slower route.
(d) The ship is heavily loaded.

2. What do the children talk about as they watch the men work at the Raising?
(a) They compare the men's clothing.
(b) They compare the men's tools.
(c) They compare the men's stamina.
(d) They compare the men's work abilities.

3. In Aunt Hespa's song, what happens to the young woman's lover?
(a) He was murdered by theives.
(b) He froze to death working in the fields of his farm.
(c) He froze to death while traveling to get his bride a nice wedding dress.
(d) He died at sea.

4. To what does Caleb often compare Marguerite to, suggesting his thoughts as to her trustworthiness?
(a) Englishmen.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Scots.
(d) Indians.

5. In part 2, Marguerite stumbles on a cave and finds a pile of bones near a cold fire. What else does she find?
(a) A woman's necklace.
(b) A woman's petticoat.
(c) A child's shoe buckle.
(d) A child's toy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character of Calico Bush?

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

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

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

5. In part 2, what do the men spend most of their evenings doing?

(see the answer key)

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