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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Debby.
(d) Aunt Hespa.

2. How many pairs of shoes does Dolly tell Aunt Hespa there are for her children and Marguerite that winter in Part 2?
(a) Three pair for five children and two for Marguerite.
(b) Enough for everyone.
(c) One pair for two children and one for Marguerite.
(d) Two pair for four children and none for Marguerite.

3. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?
(a) Money.
(b) Opinions of their own.
(c) Food.
(d) The children.

4. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?
(a) Isle au Haut.
(b) Monhegan.
(c) Mount Desert.
(d) Sunday Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joel Sargent tell his wife the captain of the Isabella B stayed with them for so long?

2. Whose fresh dress and white knitted stockings makes Marguerite feel self conscious?

3. In part 2, why does Joel Sargent forbid Marguerite from telling the neighbors about the items she found in the cave?

4. What special clothing is Debby wearing for the Raising?

5. To where were Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother planning to go when they left France?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Ira tell the children their first night on the ship?

2. Why does Marguerite go into the woods with the children? Why does Caleb leave them alone?

3. What does Abby Welles claim she would like to have when Ethan Jordan and Timothy Welles prepare to sail to Portsmouth on the Isabella B?

4. How does Jacob Sargent injure himself during the Raising? How does Marguerite help to care for the child?

5. What happens to Marguerite's uncle as they approach the shores of America? What does Marguerite find most devastating about this?

6. Of what nationality is Marguerite Ledoux? Why do the Sargents call her Maggie?

7. What does Aunt Hespa tell Dolly and Marguerite to do with the baby to ensure she will not play in the open fire in the main room of the house?

8. What causes some shock and fright as the Sargent family sets eyes on their new farm for the first time?

9. Why does the Captain refuse to enter Penobscot Bay when they reach the mouth?

10. Why does Marguerite stop to investigate a cave while searching for a way out of the woods?

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