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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. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?
2. In part 4, what do the twins draw straws to do?
3. In part 3, who sings the most often after the corn shelling is done?
4. How does Aunt Hespa get across the channel to help treat Debby's burns?
5. Who follows Marguerite to the grave when she finally has a chance to visit it?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What do the Sargents do to the sugar maple trees that makes Marguerite fear for their survival?
4. What do Caleb and Marguerite do after Debby is injured? What is the result?
5. Why does Ira take Marguerite on his first visit to see Abby Welles after the long winter? What does Abby give to Marguerite?
6. What type of gathering do the Jordans have shortly after Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan return from Portsmouth?
7. What supplies have the Sargents run low on? Why?
8. What does Marguerite do when the food runs out and the Indians continue to be a threat to Sargent's Point?
9. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?
10. How does Marguerite react to the arrival of the Indians after returning the children safely to the house?
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
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
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.
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