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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news did Seth Jordan bring the Welles that Hannah demands more details about?
(a) The death of Debby.
(b) Raids by the Indians during the winter.
(c) Jacob's injury.
(d) Marguerite's trek across the frozen channel.

2. Why does Joel Sargent refuse to ask any of his neighbors for more ammunition?
(a) He doesn't believe they would give it to him either from need or because he refused to listen to advice.
(b) He does not want to impose.
(c) He is too proud to beg for anything.
(d) He does not think his neighbors would give him any because they all want to see the Indians get him and the family.

3. At the end of part 3, what is the first word Debby clearly speaks?
(a) Corn.
(b) Daddy.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Mommy.

4. What would Marguerite have learned to do at the convent if she had remained another year?
(a) Lace-making.
(b) Needlepoint.
(c) Quilt making.
(d) Dress making.

5. Who does Marguerite think of when she and the Sargents indulge in the maple sugar?
(a) Aunt Hespa.
(b) Abby Welles.
(c) Seth Jordan.
(d) Debby.

6. What favorite memory of Christmas with the Sisters at the convent does Marguerite have?
(a) Feeding the poor.
(b) Singing Christmas carols.
(c) Exchaning presents.
(d) Watching the Christmas pageant.

7. What chore are the children asked to work in order to prepare the soil for planting?
(a) Removal of roots and small stones.
(b) Plowing.
(c) Watering.
(d) Pulling stumps.

8. What does Marguerite say over the grave when she first visits Debby's grave?
(a) An English lullaby.
(b) A French prayer.
(c) An English prayer.
(d) A French lullaby.

9. How does Susan claim the Indians eat their clams in part 4?
(a) Cooked wrapped in seaweed.
(b) Raw.
(c) Cooked in a stew.
(d) Fried in oil.

10. In part 3, who keeps watch through the night while the men go to check on the fire at Sargent's Point?
(a) The Jordan men.
(b) The Morse men.
(c) The Stanley men.
(d) The Sargent men.

11. In Aunt Hespa's book, who kept Doubting Castle?
(a) Dark Depression.
(b) Giant Despair.
(c) Christian.
(d) Great Heart.

12. What sound does Marguerite hear in the fog that convinces her there are Indians surrounding her?
(a) Footsteps.
(b) Voices.
(c) Breaking branches.
(d) Bird calls.

13. As the weather warms, what fear comes over the Sargent family?
(a) Fear of failure with the crops.
(b) Fear of Indian raids.
(c) Fear Ira and Caleb will fail to return.
(d) Fear of disease.

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

15. How do Marguerite and Dolly get Joel back to the house after he is injured?
(a) They drag him, crawling foot by foot.
(b) They call the Jordans.
(c) They pick him up and carry him together.
(d) They force him to walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What things does Hannah Welles criticize Ira Sargent for in part 4?

2. What does Jacob declare the sugar maple sap tastes like?

3. What book does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite inspired the quilt pattern Delectable Mountain?

4. What does Marguerite call the button she presses into the Indian's hand before leaving him?

5. At the beginning of part 4, what does Ira wish there was between Sargent's Point and the Welles farm?

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