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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. What is Passageewakeag?
(a) A French term for cemetery.
(b) A French term for homeland.
(c) An Indian term for place of ghosts or spirits.
(d) An Indian term for holy land.

2. What are the mugs made of that Aunt Hespa serves milk in after Marguerite's ordeal in the channel saving the cows?
(a) Wood.
(b) Glass.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Pewter.

3. What work do the women indulge after the large meal is finished during the Raising?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Darning socks.
(d) Knitting and patchwork.

4. Who responds to Marguerite with friendliness at the Raising that brings Marguerite pleasure?
(a) Abby Welles.
(b) Dolly Sargent.
(c) Ira Sargent.
(d) Caleb Sargent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Morses?

2. What does Marguerite quietly admire about the men working on the house at the Raising?

3. What does Dolly say at the beginning of Part 2 she is grateful for?

4. Why is the roof of the cave darkened?

5. In part 2, what do the men spend most of their evenings doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Raising? Why does Caleb tell Marguerite it is important to the family?

2. What type of cuttings does Seth Jordan bring the Sargents? For what reason?

3. What luxuries does Marguerite find herself indulging in at Aunt Hespa's house shortly after rescuing the cow and calf?

4. What does Marguerite do when she wakes in the night and realizes a storm has taken control of the ship?

5. How does life on Sunday Island compare to life on Sargents' Point in Marguerite's eyes?

6. What does Aunt Hespa show and teach Marguerite about while walking across the pastures on Sunday Island?

7. What is Marguerite's understanding of her indentured servitude to the Sargents? How long is it to last?

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 do the children need to be cleaned up? Why do they protest?

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