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

2. What skill was Marguerite taught by the Sisters in a convent in France?
(a) Embroidery.
(b) Painting.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Sculpting.

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

4. Who does the children hope will come find them while they are lost in the woods in part 2?
(a) Joel.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Ira.

5. What is the last thing the men do to the house before they finish work at the Raising?
(a) Install glass in the windows.
(b) Clean up the wood chips from the chopping of logs.
(c) Carry the furniture into the house.
(d) Press moss into the cracks between the logs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of clothing does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite at the end of part 2?

2. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?

3. Who plays the fiddle during Marguerite's visit at Aunt Hespa's?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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