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

2. In Aunt Hespa's song, what is the dress the young woman wanted to make her dress out of?
(a) Sprigged calico.
(b) Spun cotton.
(c) Cashmere.
(d) Silk.

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

4. In part 2, what bird does Marguerite show a reluctance to eat?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Geese.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Wildfowl.

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 child's shoe buckle.
(c) A woman's petticoat.
(d) A child's toy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Aunt Hespa's family from?

2. What is an excuse for festivity as Marguerite guesses in the beginning of Part 2?

3. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?

4. Who responds to Marguerite with friendliness at the Raising that brings Marguerite pleasure?

5. What does Marguerite think of her reflection after having not seen herself for many months?

(see the answer key)

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