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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marguerite point out in the night sky to the children?

2. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?

3. At the end of part 2, what does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet on?

4. In part 2, Marguerite stumbles on a cave and finds a pile of bones near a cold fire. What else does she find?

5. Why does Marguerite decide Indians must not be so bad as they travel through Penobscot Bay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Captain refuse to enter Penobscot Bay when they reach the mouth?

2. What type of cuttings does Seth Jordan bring the Sargents? For what reason?

3. Why do the children need to be cleaned up? Why do they protest?

4. What causes some shock and fright as the Sargent family sets eyes on their new farm for the first time?

5. When the ship drops anchor at Falmouth, why do they decide to drop anchor outside of town?

6. How does Marguerite become lost in the woods?

7. Why are the captain and Joel Sargent surprised to find Caleb and Marguerite still on board the ship after the storm? What does Joel say about Marguerite?

8. What causes Marguerite a rare moment of happiness during the Raising?

9. What makes Marguerite feel as if there is a piece of home in Penobscot Bay?

10. Why does Marguerite stop to investigate a cave while searching for a way out of the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is unusual about the winter weather the first winter the Sargents are on their farm? What does winter weather prevent? What change in sleeping habits does the cold weather force the family to make? How does Debby get burned? How does this impact the family? What does Marguerite do to try to save her? Does it work? How does Marguerite feel about Debby's injuries and subsequent death? How does Dolly react? What does this reaction say about Marguerite? About Dolly?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Caleb? How does he treat Marguerite in the beginning of the novel? What does he think when Marguerite risks her life to help him save the animals during a storm? Does this change his perception of her? Why does Caleb lead Marguerite and the children into the woods and leave them alone? What happens when Marguerite tries to find her way home alone? How does Caleb feel about this? What do Caleb and Marguerite do together the night Debby is burned? How does this alter Caleb's opinion of Marguerite? How does Caleb feel when he learns that Marguerite might go to Canada to live in a convent? How does he react when she chooses to remain with the Sargents?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Dolly Sargent? Is she a good mother? Why does she refuse affection to her children? Why does Dolly protest the move to Maine? Why does she go anyway? How does Dolly react when she discovers there is no house on their new farm? Why does Dolly not insist on returning to the city? How does Dolly treat Marguerite? How does Marguerite respond to this treatment? Why does Dolly refuse to burn her child's fingers to keep her from touching fire? Why does she later regret it?

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