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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In part 2, what does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite she is waiting for in order to complete the squares for her Delectable Mountain quilt?
(a) Yarn.
(b) Dye.
(c) Good wool.
(d) Special thread.

2. What is a trough?
(a) A long, narrow container.
(b) A bag filled with cornmeal.
(c) A place where animals eat.
(d) A type of tree.

3. In part 3, what advice does Seth Jordan give Joel Sargent when Joel plans on his return to Sargent's Point?
(a) He return to Marblehead.
(b) He send the children back to Marblehead.
(c) He not return to the point.
(d) He leave the women on Sunday Island.

4. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses with color and patterns.
(b) Dresses of soft cotton.
(c) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.
(d) Dresses of silk.

5. How has Ira Sargent created a calendar at the new farm?
(a) By cutting notches into a tree in the front yard.
(b) By cutting notches into the bed post.
(c) By cutting notches into a board.
(d) Cutting notches for each day into a pole beside the front door step.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a bound-out girl?

2. Why did Marguerite not attend Debby's burial?

3. What is the name of the girl in Aunt Hespa's song, Calico Bush?

4. What food does Patty expect to be served at the Jordans' corn shelling?

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

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