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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Ira Sargent created a calendar at the new farm?
(a) Cutting notches for each day into a pole beside the front door step.
(b) By cutting notches into a tree in the front yard.
(c) By cutting notches into the bed post.
(d) By cutting notches into a board.

2. In part 2, Marguerite stumbles on a cave and finds a pile of bones near a cold fire. What else does she find?
(a) A woman's necklace.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) A woman's petticoat.
(d) A child's shoe buckle.

3. What is the point of view of the novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

4. Who says the young man in Aunt Hespa's song was wrong to leave his lover?
(a) Joel Sargent.
(b) Ira Sargent.
(c) Ethan Jordan.
(d) Seth Jordan.

5. Where are Aunt Hespa's family from?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

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

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

8. In part 2, what do the men spend most of their evenings doing?
(a) Whittling spoons out of wood.
(b) Building furniture.
(c) Telling stories of their childhoods.
(d) Reading the Bible.

9. How does Marguerite catch sight of her reflection for the first time in many months?
(a) She sees her reflection in the water.
(b) She sees her reflection in a window.
(c) She finds a looking glass in the woods.
(d) She finds a mirror among Dolly's belongings.

10. What crops did the Sargents plant upon their arrival that are just coming up in Part 2?
(a) Corn, turnips, and potatoes.
(b) Corn, rice, and radishes.
(c) Potatoes, tomatoes, and beans.
(d) Potatoes, rice, and watermelon.

11. At the end of part 2, what does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet on?
(a) Paper.
(b) Cloth.
(c) The floor.
(d) Cowhide.

12. What is still left to be done in the Sargents' house after the Raising is done?
(a) Windows need glass.
(b) A stove needs to be brought from Marblehead.
(c) Floors to be laid and furnishing constructed.
(d) Bedrooms are to be added later.

13. In Aunt Hespa's song, what is the dress the young woman wanted to make her dress out of?
(a) Silk.
(b) Cashmere.
(c) Sprigged calico.
(d) Spun cotton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What business did Marguerite's uncle plan to start in the New World?

2. At the end of part 2, why does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet?

3. Why does Marguerite decide Indians must not be so bad as they travel through Penobscot Bay?

4. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?

5. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?

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