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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 name of the girl in Aunt Hespa's song, Calico Bush?
2. Why does Marguerite tell the children people in France and England dance the Maypole?
3. What does Marguerite call the button she presses into the Indian's hand before leaving him?
4. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?
5. What items has Seth Jordan given the Sargents to plant in their fields?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the Sargents do to the sugar maple trees that makes Marguerite fear for their survival?
2. What condition is the dog in when he makes his way back to house after the Indian attack the night of the corn shelling?
3. After the Maypole begins to fall apart at the end of Part 4, how does Marguerite finally make the Indians leave Sargent's Point?
4. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?
5. 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?
6. What does Marguerite think of the line dance that the neighbors teach her at the corn shelling?
7. How does Caleb arrange to travel to Boston on the Fortunate Star?
8. Before having a meal during the corn shelling, what do the people of the area pray for?
9. 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?
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 Ethan Jordan? Who has he been courting since before the arrival of the Sargents? How does the arrival of the Jordans change Ethan's romantic intentions? How does Ethan react to this change? What does this say about Ethan? About the time period in which the novel is set? Who is Seth Jordan? What warning does he give the Sargents upon their initial arrival in the channel? What does Seth think of their refusal to listen to his advice? What does Seth do to help or hinder the Sargents? Why does he do this?
Essay Topic 2
Why is Marguerite saddened that the Sargents do not celebrate Christmas? Why don't they celebrate Christmas? How does Marguerite have her own private celebration? What does she do? Where does she do it? What does she think about as she celebrates? What gifts does she want to give to the children? Who does she run into during her private celebration? What does this person tell her? How does Marguerite feel about meeting this person? What does she give him? Why does she not tell anyone about this encounter?
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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