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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 type of dress that Abby is making does she show Marguerite on her visit in part 4?

2. What about her own appearance does Marguerite become aware when sitting near Abby Welles?

3. What treat does Abby talk her mother into serving Ira Sargent and Marguerite?

4. In part 3, where does Marguerite put the children to sleep while the men investigate the fire on Sargent's Point?

5. What food does Patty expect to be served at the Jordans' corn shelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Maypole begins to fall apart at the end of Part 4, how does Marguerite finally make the Indians leave Sargent's Point?

2. What does Joel tell Dolly about their sources of meat now that the cow and most of the chickens are gone?

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

4. Marguerite sees smoke at Sargent's Point when she goes to sit before the window after being criticized for her dance. Who does she tell? What do they do?

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

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

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

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

9. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the Sargents stop in Falmouth after the storm? What do the children do when they leave the ship? What do they find? Who tells them about Indians? Why do these stories entertain the children but frighten the adults? What does Dolly Sargent think of these stories? How do these stories foreshadow trouble for the Sargent family? What do these stories say about the time period in which the novel is set? Do these stories follow what the reader should know about the history of this time period and this area of Maine? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following themes in detail, using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Friendship

2) Frontier life

3) Family

4) Isolation

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail as it appears in and impacts the plot of the novel, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Symbolism

2) Irony

3) Metaphor

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