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

2. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses with color and patterns.
(b) Dresses of silk.
(c) Dresses of soft cotton.
(d) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.

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

4. Who does the children hope will come find them while they are lost in the woods in part 2?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Pumpkin.
(c) Joel.
(d) Ira.

5. What does Hannah Welles claim is tempting Providence in Part 2?
(a) Allowing Aunt Hepsa to sew a cut on Jacob's head.
(b) Moving into the new house after blood was spilled in the doorway.
(c) Ignoring the advice of neighbors.
(d) Living so close to a known Indian burial ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the mugs made of that Aunt Hespa serves milk in after Marguerite's ordeal in the channel saving the cows?

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

3. Who is Seth Jordan?

4. What does Aunt Hespa bring for Marguerite when she arrives at the Raising?

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What does Marguerite show the Sargents that frightens them the night after she got lost in the woods?

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

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

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