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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 Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Frenchee.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Girl.
(d) Injun.

2. What cargo does the Fortunate Star carry?
(a) Cloth and tea for sale in Boston.
(b) Lumber to the Royal Navy.
(c) Coffee and beans for the people of Boston.
(d) Dried goods for the Royal Navy.

3. Who rescues Marguerite out of the water after she rescues the cow and calf?
(a) Ira Sargent.
(b) Dolly Sargent.
(c) Caleb Sargent.
(d) Joel Sargent.

4. What are the guests at the Jordans' corn shelling expected to do?
(a) Pick the ears of corn.
(b) Shred the corn kernels from the cob.
(c) Peel the outer covering from dried corn.
(d) Make creamed corn from the ears of corn.

5. What job did Marguerite want to attend to at the Raising?
(a) Keeping flies from the food.
(b) Minding the children.
(c) Cooking the wildfowl.
(d) Filling the spaces between the logs on the new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a bound-out girl?

2. In Aunt Hespa's song, what happens to the young woman's lover?

3. Why is the roof of the cave darkened?

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

5. What is a dory?

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