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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?
(a) He is chasing the neighbors from house.
(b) He is chasing his tail.
(c) He is barking his afraid bark.
(d) He is sniffing at the ground.

2. What is a reel?
(a) A type of song.
(b) A type of party game.
(c) A type of dance.
(d) A type of musical instrument.

3. How has Ira Sargent created a calendar at the new farm?
(a) Cutting notches for each day into a pole beside the front door step.
(b) By cutting notches into a board.
(c) By cutting notches into the bed post.
(d) By cutting notches into a tree in the front yard.

4. What did the captain say takes you places without waiting for no road?
(a) A river.
(b) The sea.
(c) Storm clouds.
(d) The wind.

5. What does grit mean as used in Part 1 of this novel?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Foreigner.
(c) Courage.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marguerite wear on a cord around her neck?

2. What does Marguerite quietly admire about the men working on the house at the Raising?

3. What favorite memory of her grandmother at Christmas does Marguerite have?

4. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?

5. At the end of part 2, what does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet on?

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