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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?
(a) A hen.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A cow.
(d) A pig.

2. What job is Marguerite immediately given as the Raising starts?
(a) Cooking the wildfowl.
(b) Filling the spaces between logs on the new house.
(c) Watching over the children.
(d) Keeping flies from the food.

3. How does Marguerite catch sight of her reflection for the first time in many months?
(a) She sees her reflection in the water.
(b) She finds a looking glass in the woods.
(c) She sees her reflection in a window.
(d) She finds a mirror among Dolly's belongings.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aunt Hespa get across the channel to help treat Debby's burns?

2. Why does Marguerite decide Indians must not be so bad as they travel through Penobscot Bay?

3. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?

4. Which of the children begins to show the most ill effects from the harsh winter weather?

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

(see the answer key)

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