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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 the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?
(a) Isadora D.
(b) TransStar.
(c) Isabella B.
(d) TransAtlantic.

2. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?
(a) A bird.
(b) A dog.
(c) A tiger cub.
(d) A cat.

3. What item of clothing does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite at the end of part 2?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Cotton underclothing.
(c) Boots.
(d) A new dress.

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

5. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?
(a) On a keg.
(b) On Marguerite's lap.
(c) On the ship's rail.
(d) On the ship's deck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marguerite get a bruise on her forehead?

2. What business did Marguerite's uncle plan to start in the New World?

3. What is the last thing the men do to the house before they finish work at the Raising?

4. What work do the women indulge after the large meal is finished during the Raising?

5. What is Passageewakeag?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When the ship drops anchor at Falmouth, why do they decide to drop anchor outside of town?

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

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

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

7. Why do the children follow the dog to the stream? What do they see? What happens next?

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

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

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

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