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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 the Indian call the person who helped heal him in Quebec?
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. Why did Marguerite not attend Debby's burial?
4. In Aunt Hespa's book, who kept Doubting Castle?
5. What is the name of the girl in Aunt Hespa's song, Calico Bush?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Marguerite do when the food runs out and the Indians continue to be a threat to Sargent's Point?
2. What arrives in the channel to cause a great deal of excitement on Sargent's Point? What do they want?
3. What warning is stated in the final chorus of the song Aunt Hespa sings once more during the corn shelling?
4. What does Joel tell Dolly about their sources of meat now that the cow and most of the chickens are gone?
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 quilt does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite to complete? For what purpose?
7. What do the Sargents do to the sugar maple trees that makes Marguerite fear for their survival?
8. What do Caleb and Marguerite do after Debby is injured? What is the result?
9. What type of gathering do the Jordans have shortly after Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan return from Portsmouth?
10. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a sugar maple? What does the Sargent family do with their sugar maple trees that brightens everyone's spirit in the aftermath of the winter? What other activities does the family begin to renew after the long winter? Why does Ira take Marguerite with him to visit Abby Welles? What does Abby give to Marguerite that makes her very happy? What does Marguerite later do with this item? Why does Marguerite sacrifice something that meant so much to her? What does this say about Marguerite's character?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following in detail using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:
1) Structure
2) Language
3) Setting
4) Point of view
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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