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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 is the point of view of the novel?

2. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?

3. What does Caleb criticize Marguerite for doing after she saw the bear?

4. Who is the main character of Calico Bush?

5. Who are the Morses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Marguerite's uncle as they approach the shores of America? What does Marguerite find most devastating about this?

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

3. What does Abby Welles claim she would like to have when Ethan Jordan and Timothy Welles prepare to sail to Portsmouth on the Isabella B?

4. Of what nationality is Marguerite Ledoux? Why do the Sargents call her Maggie?

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

6. How does life on Sunday Island compare to life on Sargents' Point in Marguerite's eyes?

7. What story does Ira tell the children their first night on the ship?

8. What does Marguerite see in the sky over Sunday Island on the day she goes to help Aunt Hespa with the weaving of cloth?

9. How does Caleb react when he finds Marguerite and the children wondering alone in the woods?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Aunt Hespa? How does Marguerite come to meet her? What is their relationship like from the first meeting? What does Aunt Hespa have that Marguerite admires? What does Aunt Hespa show Marguerite on their first meeting? What does Aunt Hespa have to teach Marguerite? How many times does Marguerite visit Aunt Hespa to help with chores and projects? What quilt pattern does Aunt Hespa show Marguerite? What gift does Aunt Hespa make to Marguerite at the end of the novel?

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 Joel Sargent? Why has he sold everything he owns for a farm on the coast of Maine? What does Joel hope he can do with a farm? Does he? What does Joel find when he arrives at the farm? Why does Joel not allow his neighbors to talk him out of living somewhere else, such as one of the empty islands in the channel? Why does Joel insist on working his own farm that he paid for? What does this say about his character? How does Joel treat his children? How does he treat Marguerite? Why does Joel offer to send Marguerite away at the end of the novel?

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