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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. How do Marguerite and Dolly get Joel back to the house after he is injured?
(a) They call the Jordans.
(b) They drag him, crawling foot by foot.
(c) They force him to walk.
(d) They pick him up and carry him together.

2. In what language does Marguerite sing her Christmas carols?
(a) French.
(b) Greek.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

3. What excuse does Marguerite give Dolly when she slips out of the house Christmas Eve?
(a) She wants to gather pine cones for the fire.
(b) She wants to look for blueberries.
(c) She wants to look for eggs.
(d) She wants to milk the cow.

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?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A rosary.
(c) A crucifix.
(d) A St. Jude medal.

5. What does Marguerite call the button she presses into the Indian's hand before leaving him?
(a) A birthday gift.
(b) A Christmas gift.
(c) A peace offering.
(d) A peice of junk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a jog?

2. In part 3, who does Marguerite find preparing for breakfast in the kitchen the morning after the men go to check on smoke at Sargent's Point?

3. Who is Marguerite a little afraid of seeing when they reach the Welles' farm?

4. Who follows Marguerite to the grave when she finally has a chance to visit it?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. What condition is the dog in when he makes his way back to house after the Indian attack the night of the corn shelling?

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

10. What type of gathering do the Jordans have shortly after Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan return from Portsmouth?

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