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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. 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?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Aunt Hespa.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Ethan.

2. Why is one of the ears of corn red?
(a) It is a traditional object of good luck.
(b) It is a sign that the person who finds it will marry soon.
(c) It hides money in its silk.
(d) It is a game. The winner gets out of work for the day.

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

4. What food does Patty expect to be served at the Jordans' corn shelling?
(a) Potato salad.
(b) Hasty pudding.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Molasses cakes.

5. What book does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite inspired the quilt pattern Delectable Mountain?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Pilgrim's Passage.
(d) Pilgrim's Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What landmark does Marguerite try to fix in her mind to recall once she returns to Sargent's Point?

2. In part 3, what gift did Ethan bring his father that causes joy for Marguerite?

3. What is a trough?

4. In part 3, what advice does Seth Jordan give Joel Sargent when Joel plans on his return to Sargent's Point?

5. What favorite memory of her grandmother at Christmas does Marguerite have?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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