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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marguerite quietly admire about the men working on the house at the Raising?
(a) Their ability to drink freely.
(b) Their ability to do as they please.
(c) Their ability to ignore the children.
(d) Their ability to turn trees into homes.

2. What is Marguerite untangling as the novel begins?
(a) Hair.
(b) Wool.
(c) Children.
(d) Yarn.

3. Why does Abby want to learn the embroidery stitches Marguerite learned to do in a convent in France?
(a) To make a fancy wedding dress.
(b) To decorate the collars of her new dresses.
(c) To impress her mother.
(d) To decorate some napkins she is making for the home she will share with Ira.

4. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?
(a) A rubber glove.
(b) A hollowed out gourd filled with milk.
(c) A wooden cup.
(d) Cleaned pig intestines.

5. What task do the men set to as they wait for the final days of winter to blow away?
(a) Fixing new handles for the axes and preparing the other tools.
(b) Whittling more dishes.
(c) Moving snow from around the house to prepare a garden.
(d) Clearing the land of trees for planting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays the fiddle during Marguerite's visit at Aunt Hespa's?

2. Where are Aunt Hespa's family from?

3. In what year does the novel begin?

4. What sport does Caleb indulge in that has resulted in great amounts of meat to be dried for winter use?

5. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?

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