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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 items has Seth Jordan given the Sargents to plant in their fields?
(a) Turnips and tomatoes.
(b) Barley and potatoes.
(c) Potatoes and tomatoes.
(d) Turnips and radishes.

2. What chore does Marguerite take over in Ira's absence?
(a) Feeding the livestock.
(b) Collecting the sugar maple sap.
(c) Marking the days on his makeshift calendar.
(d) Pulling weeds in the fields.

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

4. How does Susan claim the Indians eat their clams in part 4?
(a) Cooked in a stew.
(b) Raw.
(c) Fried in oil.
(d) Cooked wrapped in seaweed.

5. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Patty.
(d) The twins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Joel's largest concern as he lay disabled by his injury in part 4?

3. Why does Abby want to learn the embroidery stitches Marguerite learned to do in a convent in France?

4. What item does Marguerite wish she had at the beginning of part 3 so that she might pray for Ira Sargent and Abby Welles?

5. What does Joel do while in the throes of a fever in part 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marguerite think of the line dance that the neighbors teach her at the corn shelling?

2. What does Marguerite do when the food runs out and the Indians continue to be a threat to Sargent's Point?

3. Who does Abby Welles say a heartfelt goodbye to when the men leave? What does this say about her choice of suitors?

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

5. How does Caleb arrange to travel to Boston on the Fortunate Star?

6. 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?

7. What quilt does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite to complete? For what purpose?

8. Why does Marguerite think that Ira Sargent has grown sullen? What does she do about it?

9. Why does Ira take Marguerite on his first visit to see Abby Welles after the long winter? What does Abby give to Marguerite?

10. Before having a meal during the corn shelling, what do the people of the area pray for?

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