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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. In part 2, Marguerite stumbles on a cave and finds a pile of bones near a cold fire. What else does she find?
(a) A woman's necklace.
(b) A woman's petticoat.
(c) A child's toy.
(d) A child's shoe buckle.

2. What do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?
(a) Jam.
(b) Honey.
(c) Molasses.
(d) Dried fruit.

3. In Aunt Hespa's song, what happens to the young woman's lover?
(a) He died at sea.
(b) He was murdered by theives.
(c) He froze to death working in the fields of his farm.
(d) He froze to death while traveling to get his bride a nice wedding dress.

4. What job did Marguerite want to attend to at the Raising?
(a) Filling the spaces between the logs on the new house.
(b) Keeping flies from the food.
(c) Cooking the wildfowl.
(d) Minding the children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

2. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?

3. What item of clothing does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite at the end of part 2?

4. The growth of what plants signal the end of summer for Marguerite?

5. What is the name of the place where Marguerite and her grandmother end up after they run out of money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Marguerite a rare moment of happiness during the Raising?

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

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

5. Why does Aunt Hespa invite Marguerite to her home at the end of Part 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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