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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 is Joel's largest concern as he lay disabled by his injury in part 4?
(a) That he cannot help care for the children.
(b) That the Jordans will not help.
(c) That the fields will not be planted in time.
(d) That the Indians might come and take advantage of their vulnerability.

2. In part 3, what drink does Ira give the dog when it returns from its fight with the Indians?
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Coffee.

3. How does Marguerite propose she reach Aunt Hespa for help in caring for Debby's burns?
(a) Swim across the channel.
(b) Climb over the channel on an old rope bridge.
(c) Walk across the frozen channel.
(d) Boat across the channel.

4. What favorite memory of Christmas with the Sisters at the convent does Marguerite have?
(a) Singing Christmas carols.
(b) Exchaning presents.
(c) Watching the Christmas pageant.
(d) Feeding the poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Marguerite and Dolly get Joel back to the house after he is injured?

2. What does the Indian call the person who helped heal him in Quebec?

3. At the beginning of part 4, what does Ira wish there was between Sargent's Point and the Welles farm?

4. What chore are the children asked to work in order to prepare the soil for planting?

5. In part 4, what do the twins draw straws to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news do the men bring back from Sargent's Point when they return from checking on the cause of some smoke seen from Sunday Island?

2. What does Joel tell Dolly about their sources of meat now that the cow and most of the chickens are gone?

3. What do Caleb and Marguerite do after Debby is injured? What is the result?

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

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

6. What do the Sargents do to the sugar maple trees that makes Marguerite fear for their survival?

7. 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?

8. What offer does Joel Sargent make to Marguerite at the end of the novel?

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

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

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