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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. Why is one of the ears of corn red?
2. What does Marguerite say over the grave when she first visits Debby's grave?
3. Who follows Marguerite to the grave when she finally has a chance to visit it?
4. What does Joel do while in the throes of a fever in part 4?
5. In part 3, whose cruel comments have caused Marguerite to feel sad and old?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Caleb arrange to travel to Boston on the Fortunate Star?
2. Who does Marguerite run into while she is walking in the woods Christmas Eve to sing Christmas carols on her own? What does he tell her? What does she give him?
3. What condition is the dog in when he makes his way back to house after the Indian attack the night of the corn shelling?
4. What supplies have the Sargents run low on? Why?
5. What offer does Joel Sargent make to Marguerite at the end of the novel?
6. What does Marguerite do when the food runs out and the Indians continue to be a threat to Sargent's Point?
7. What type of gathering do the Jordans have shortly after Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan return from Portsmouth?
8. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?
9. What news do the men bring back from Sargent's Point when they return from checking on the cause of some smoke seen from Sunday Island?
10. What warning is stated in the final chorus of the song Aunt Hespa sings once more during the corn shelling?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Marguerite Ledoux? Why is she with the Sargent family? Why did Marguerite come to America in the first place? What did Marguerite's uncle dream they could do in America? What was Marguerite's role to be? What happened to her uncle? What happened to her grandmother? Where did Marguerite go after she was orphaned? Why do many Americans dislike the French? What does Caleb call Marguerite? For what reason?
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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