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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose fresh dress and white knitted stockings makes Marguerite feel self conscious?
(a) Mary Jane Morse.
(b) Hannah Welles.
(c) Abby Welles.
(d) Eliza Stanley.

2. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?
(a) A bird.
(b) A dog.
(c) A tiger cub.
(d) A cat.

3. What would Marguerite have learned to do at the convent if she had remained another year?
(a) Needlepoint.
(b) Dress making.
(c) Quilt making.
(d) Lace-making.

4. What does Hannah Welles claim is tempting Providence in Part 2?
(a) Allowing Aunt Hepsa to sew a cut on Jacob's head.
(b) Living so close to a known Indian burial ground.
(c) Moving into the new house after blood was spilled in the doorway.
(d) Ignoring the advice of neighbors.

5. What items has Seth Jordan given the Sargents to plant in their fields?
(a) Potatoes and tomatoes.
(b) Barley and potatoes.
(c) Turnips and radishes.
(d) Turnips and tomatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?

2. What complaint does Dolly make in part 4 as Joel prepares the fields for planting?

3. What are the guests at the Jordans' corn shelling expected to do?

4. What does Ira take to the Welles on his first visit after the worst of the winter storms?

5. Why does Joel Sargent refuse to ask any of his neighbors for more ammunition?

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