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

2. What does Marguerite think of her reflection after having not seen herself for many months?
(a) She thinks she looks like an Indian.
(b) She is unhappy with the shape of her nose.
(c) She likes what she sees.
(d) Her reflection seems odd to her becasue it has matured some.

3. What is the point of view of the novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Third person limited.

4. When Marguerite finds the cave in the woods, what about it frightens her?
(a) The closeness.
(b) The bats.
(c) The smell.
(d) The idea of bears.

5. What does Marguerite quietly admire about the men working on the house at the Raising?
(a) Their ability to do as they please.
(b) Their ability to turn trees into homes.
(c) Their ability to drink freely.
(d) Their ability to ignore the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children talk about as they watch the men work at the Raising?

2. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?

3. In part 2, what bird does Marguerite show a reluctance to eat?

4. Who rescues Marguerite out of the water after she rescues the cow and calf?

5. What do Marguerite and the twins spend the morning of the Raising doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Why are the captain and Joel Sargent surprised to find Caleb and Marguerite still on board the ship after the storm? What does Joel say about Marguerite?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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