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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Fall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?
(a) To show off her poetic side.
(b) To build tension in the story.
(c) To preface the story.
(d) To foreshadow the death of Marguerite.

2. What does Caleb Sargent often call Marguerite in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Injun.
(c) Frenchee.
(d) Girl.

3. How do the twins explain to Marguerite the crickets make their noises?
(a) Rubbing their hind legs together.
(b) Rubbing their tails together.
(c) Rubbing their antenna together.
(d) Rubbing their front legs together.

4. What does Marguerite wear on a cord around her neck?
(a) A button of her uncle's and a brooch of her grandmother's.
(b) Her uncle's wedding ring and her grandmother's watch.
(c) One of her uncle's buttons and her grandmother's plain gold ring.
(d) Her grandmother's ring and her uncle's photograph.

5. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses of silk.
(b) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.
(c) Dresses with color and patterns.
(d) Dresses of soft cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who responds to Marguerite with friendliness at the Raising that brings Marguerite pleasure?

2. In part 2, what does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite she is waiting for in order to complete the squares for her Delectable Mountain quilt?

3. How does Marguerite catch sight of her reflection for the first time in many months?

4. What job did Marguerite want to attend to at the Raising?

5. What does Dolly Sargent use to nurse her baby on the ship?

(see the answer key)

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