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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?
(a) The twins.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Patty.
(d) Caleb.

3. In part 3, where does Marguerite put the children to sleep while the men investigate the fire on Sargent's Point?
(a) Aunt Hespa's room.
(b) The kitchen floor.
(c) The barn.
(d) The loft where Seth and Ethan sleep.

4. What is a jog?
(a) A type of shoes.
(b) A type of dress.
(c) A type of dance.
(d) A type of exercise.

5. What cargo does the Fortunate Star carry?
(a) Dried goods for the Royal Navy.
(b) Cloth and tea for sale in Boston.
(c) Coffee and beans for the people of Boston.
(d) Lumber to the Royal Navy.

6. In part 3, whose cruel comments have caused Marguerite to feel sad and old?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Joel.
(d) Ira.

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

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

9. How many Indians does Marguerite see in the cover and in the woods at the end of Part 4?
(a) Eighteen or twenty.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) Eight or ten.

10. What is Joel's largest concern as he lay disabled by his injury in part 4?
(a) That the Indians might come and take advantage of their vulnerability.
(b) That the fields will not be planted in time.
(c) That he cannot help care for the children.
(d) That the Jordans will not help.

11. What excuse does Marguerite give Dolly when she slips out of the house Christmas Eve?
(a) She wants to gather pine cones for the fire.
(b) She wants to look for blueberries.
(c) She wants to milk the cow.
(d) She wants to look for eggs.

12. At the beginning of part 4, what does Ira wish there was between Sargent's Point and the Welles farm?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A wall.
(c) A trail.
(d) A road.

13. How does Marguerite keep going in the right direction during her attempts to retrieve Aunt Hespa?
(a) She follows Caleb.
(b) She follows the tip of the Big Dipper.
(c) She follows Pumpkin.
(d) She follows the Aurora Borealis.

14. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reciting old prayers from the Bible.
(d) Reciting the rosary despite her lack of beads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aunt Hespa get across the channel to help treat Debby's burns?

2. What item of clothing does Dolly threaten to make one of and force the other children to stay indoors while one wears it?

3. In part 3, what drink does Ira give the dog when it returns from its fight with the Indians?

4. What are the guests at the Jordans' corn shelling expected to do?

5. In Aunt Hespa's book, who kept Doubting Castle?

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