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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 task do the men set to as they wait for the final days of winter to blow away?
(a) Moving snow from around the house to prepare a garden.
(b) Whittling more dishes.
(c) Fixing new handles for the axes and preparing the other tools.
(d) Clearing the land of trees for planting.

2. What is a trough?
(a) A long, narrow container.
(b) A place where animals eat.
(c) A bag filled with cornmeal.
(d) A type of tree.

3. What is a reel?
(a) A type of musical instrument.
(b) A type of dance.
(c) A type of song.
(d) A type of party game.

4. What does Caleb ask Marguerite to take care of in his absence?
(a) His collection of seashells.
(b) His dried fish and fishing pole.
(c) His drying squirrel skins and wooden boat.
(d) His hunting rifle and ammunition.

5. What treat does Abby talk her mother into serving Ira Sargent and Marguerite?
(a) Fresh bread.
(b) Molasses cakes.
(c) Spice cake.
(d) Pumpkin pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In part 3, who keeps watch through the night while the men go to check on the fire at Sargent's Point?

2. What type of dress that Abby is making does she show Marguerite on her visit in part 4?

3. How does Susan claim the Indians eat their clams in part 4?

4. What does Jacob declare the sugar maple sap tastes like?

5. Who weighs heaviest on Marguerite's mind when she thinks of taking Joel Sargent's offer and leave Maine to live in a convent in French Canada?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marguerite react to the arrival of the Indians after returning the children safely to the house?

2. What warning is stated in the final chorus of the song Aunt Hespa sings once more during the corn shelling?

3. What does Marguerite go out into the fog to gather in Part 4? What happens when she does?

4. How do the Sargents friends and neighbors react when Marguerite dances a French dance?

5. After the Maypole begins to fall apart at the end of Part 4, how does Marguerite finally make the Indians leave Sargent's Point?

6. What arrives in the channel to cause a great deal of excitement on Sargent's Point? What do they want?

7. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?

8. What supplies have the Sargents run low on? Why?

9. What work does Joel take on by himself when Ira and Caleb go away on the Fortunate Star?

10. Why does Dolly refuse to allow Marguerite to go to Sunday Island to get help? Why does their signal of a white sheet fail to gain notice?

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