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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 is a trough?
(a) A place where animals eat.
(b) A bag filled with cornmeal.
(c) A long, narrow container.
(d) A type of tree.

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

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

4. What does Joel do while in the throes of a fever in part 4?
(a) Cry out for Debby.
(b) Scream out orders to Ira and Caleb.
(c) Moan in agony.
(d) Firght Indians.

5. What favorite memory of her grandmother at Christmas does Marguerite have?
(a) The shopping trips.
(b) The gifts she often gave.
(c) The cookies she baked.
(d) The special cakes she baked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jerusha?

2. What is a bound-out girl?

3. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?

4. What type of dress that Abby is making does she show Marguerite on her visit in part 4?

5. What change in her private thoughts does Marguerite suddenly notice in part 4?

(see the answer key)

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