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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Marguerite's mother heir to?
(a) Half of Languedoc.
(b) Half of Dordogne.
(c) Half of Averyron.
(d) Half of Flanders.

2. How old was Damienne when she came to the estate?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

3. How old is Marguerite when she meets with her guardian in Chapter 3?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

4. How did Auguste learn to play the cittern?
(a) Roberval taught him.
(b) His mother taught him.
(c) A steward taught him.
(d) His father taught him.

5. About how old is the maid Alys, who helps Marguerite and Damienne at La Rochelle?
(a) About 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) Perhaps 20.

6. What is the date when Roberval reaches New France and meets with Cartier?
(a) April 16, 1542.
(b) May 9, 1542.
(c) June 8, 1542.
(d) July 24, 1542.

7. What is the name of the Montfort son who asks Marguerite about Claire?
(a) Matheo.
(b) Denys.
(c) Eliott.
(d) Nicholas.

8. How old is Marguerite when Claire comes to live with her and Claire's mother teaches them both?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

9. How many books are in Roberval's library, when he has his secretary give Marguerite a book by Clement Marot?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

10. Who does Marguerite hire to take a letter to Perigord?
(a) The steward.
(b) Aly's sweetheart.
(c) A stablehand.
(d) Aly's brother.

11. After a rebellion on the Valentine, how many men does Roberval order be hanged?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

12. How many days after Marguerite and Damienne go on board the Anne does the ship sail?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 4 days.

13. What creature does the ship encounter in Chapter 19?
(a) Whale.
(b) Squid.
(c) Viperfish.
(d) Dolphin.

14. What color are Marguerite's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

15. How does the weather change as Marguerite and her company travels the first day on the road to La Rochelle?
(a) Begins to rain heavily.
(b) Begins to snow.
(c) It becomes windy.
(d) The sun comes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will the ship take to reach the New World when Marguerite sails with Roberval if they do not run into bad weather?

2. How many days after Nicholas is hurt do his sisters, Ysabeau and Suzanne, not come to see Marguerite?

3. When does Marguerite have a barber operate on Damienne's tooth?

4. What game do the navigator and secretary play after meals?

5. After coming to the village outside Perigord, what type of trees are found in a grove?

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