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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?
(a) He is chasing the neighbors from house.
(b) He is chasing his tail.
(c) He is sniffing at the ground.
(d) He is barking his afraid bark.

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

3. Where are Aunt Hespa's family from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

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

5. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Ira Sargent created a calendar at the new farm?

2. In part 3, whose cruel comments have caused Marguerite to feel sad and old?

3. In part 2, what does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite she is waiting for in order to complete the squares for her Delectable Mountain quilt?

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

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

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