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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Dried fruit.
(c) Honey.
(d) Jam.

2. What is a bound-out girl?
(a) A girl who works as a servant in exchange for room and board.
(b) A girl who travels with families in need.
(c) A girl who runs errands for a family.
(d) A girl who is sent to boarding school.

3. What is a dory?
(a) A tool.
(b) A bird.
(c) A small boat.
(d) A large ship.

4. What is one of the reasons Joel Sargent gives for deciding to sell all he owns to buy this new farm?
(a) The large amount of land as compared to only an acre or two in Marblehead.
(b) The ability to grow more food for the family.
(c) The farmhouse.
(d) The sugar maples on the new land.

5. How many children do the Sargents have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

6. How do the twins explain to Marguerite the crickets make their noises?
(a) Rubbing their front legs together.
(b) Rubbing their antenna together.
(c) Rubbing their hind legs together.
(d) Rubbing their tails together.

7. 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.

8. What is a loom?
(a) A device that cleans raw wool.
(b) A device that makes thread from wool.
(c) A device that dyes raw wool.
(d) A device that weaves thread into cloth.

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

10. The growth of what plants signal the end of summer for Marguerite?
(a) Goldenrod and red berries.
(b) Strawberries and beans.
(c) Milk thistle and blue bonnets.
(d) Goldenrod and blueberries.

11. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?
(a) She is hit with debris while helping to save the livestock during a storm.
(b) She falls below deck during the storm.
(c) She is kicked by one of the children in their sleep.
(d) She is punished by Joel Sargent for insolence.

12. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?
(a) He is barking his afraid bark.
(b) He is chasing the neighbors from house.
(c) He is chasing his tail.
(d) He is sniffing at the ground.

13. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?
(a) A hen.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A cow.
(d) A pig.

14. In part 2, what does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite she is waiting for in order to complete the squares for her Delectable Mountain quilt?
(a) Yarn.
(b) Special thread.
(c) Dye.
(d) Good wool.

15. What is a skiff?
(a) A large sailboat.
(b) A small boat.
(c) A surf board.
(d) A laundry tool.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?

3. How many children do the Stanleys have?

4. What did the captain say takes you places without waiting for no road?

5. Who responds to Marguerite with friendliness at the Raising that brings Marguerite pleasure?

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