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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. 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 prepare to build her new shoes.
(c) To create a sock-like thing to help her new boots fit better.
(d) To help her learn how to make her own stockings.

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

3. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?
(a) Cleaned pig intestines.
(b) A wooden cup.
(c) A rubber glove.
(d) A hollowed out gourd filled with milk.

4. What does Dolly say at the beginning of Part 2 she is grateful for?
(a) Good neighbors willing to work.
(b) Good weather for the Raising.
(c) A good servant in Marguerite.
(d) The health of her children.

5. How do the twins explain to Marguerite the crickets make their noises?
(a) Rubbing their antenna together.
(b) Rubbing their tails together.
(c) Rubbing their front legs together.
(d) Rubbing their hind legs together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special clothing is Debby wearing for the Raising?

2. What did the captain say takes you places without waiting for no road?

3. What is the point of view of the novel?

4. What reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?

5. Who tells Marguerite she did the right thing after her encounter with the bear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. What makes Marguerite feel as if there is a piece of home in Penobscot Bay?

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

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

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