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

2. At the end of part 2, why does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet?
(a) To show her how to make a drawing of a turkey.
(b) To help her learn how to make her own stockings.
(c) To prepare to build her new shoes.
(d) To create a sock-like thing to help her new boots fit better.

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

4. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?
(a) Le Havre.
(b) Calais.
(c) Arles.
(d) Bordeaux.

5. What skill was Marguerite taught by the Sisters in a convent in France?
(a) Painting.
(b) Embroidery.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Knitting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, rumors of what delayed the sailing of the Isabella B in one of two incidences?

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

3. What sport does Caleb indulge in that has resulted in great amounts of meat to be dried for winter use?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the cow and her calf when they are put in the water to swim to shore? Who rescues them?

2. What stories does a stranger tell the children when he runs across them on the pasture lands outside Falmouth?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Marguerite become lost in the woods?

9. How does Caleb react when he finds Marguerite and the children wondering alone in the woods?

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

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