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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 image does Dolly suggest the neighbors will compare her children to if they are not washed and cleaned?
(a) Cows caught in a muddy paddock.
(b) Pigs playing in slop.
(c) A horse lathered in sweat after a heavy run.
(d) Sheep just brought in from the fields.

2. What type of dress that Abby is making does she show Marguerite on her visit in part 4?
(a) Calico.
(b) Homespun.
(c) Broadcloth.
(d) Silk.

3. In part 3, what drink does Ira give the dog when it returns from its fight with the Indians?
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Coffee.

4. To where were Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother planning to go when they left France?
(a) Canada.
(b) Marblehead.
(c) New York.
(d) St. Louis.

5. Who weighs heaviest on Marguerite's mind when she thinks of taking Joel Sargent's offer and leave Maine to live in a convent in French Canada?
(a) Ethan.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Aunt Hespa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unpleasant side effect does a storm have on the occupants of the Sargent home in part 3?

2. What is the last thing the men do to the house before they finish work at the Raising?

3. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?

4. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?

5. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?

(see the answer key)

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