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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 3, it is revealed that Ira plans to make his home where?
(a) On an acre of land Mr. Welles has given him.
(b) On Sunday Island.
(c) On a hundred acres of land on Sargent's Point that Joel has given him.
(d) In Marblehead.

2. Who built the casket for Debby's body?
(a) Joel Sargent.
(b) Ethan Jordan.
(c) Seth Jordan.
(d) Ira Sargent.

3. What does Marguerite say over the grave when she first visits Debby's grave?
(a) A French lullaby.
(b) An English lullaby.
(c) An English prayer.
(d) A French prayer.

4. What image does Dolly suggest the neighbors will compare her children to if they are not washed and cleaned?
(a) Pigs playing in slop.
(b) Cows caught in a muddy paddock.
(c) Sheep just brought in from the fields.
(d) A horse lathered in sweat after a heavy run.

5. Who says the young man in Aunt Hespa's song was wrong to leave his lover?
(a) Joel Sargent.
(b) Ethan Jordan.
(c) Ira Sargent.
(d) Seth Jordan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?

2. What is a jog?

3. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?

4. What does Hannah Welles claim is tempting Providence in Part 2?

5. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?

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