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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favorite memory of Christmas with the Sisters at the convent does Marguerite have?
(a) Exchaning presents.
(b) Singing Christmas carols.
(c) Watching the Christmas pageant.
(d) Feeding the poor.

2. Why does Joel Sargent tell his wife the captain of the Isabella B stayed with them for so long?
(a) To give the family shelter on his boat.
(b) To ensure payment.
(c) To help build the house.
(d) To look for a farm of his own.

3. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Patty.
(c) Jacob.
(d) The twins.

4. What landmark does Marguerite try to fix in her mind to recall once she returns to Sargent's Point?
(a) Penobscot Bay.
(b) Mount Desert.
(c) Sunday Island.
(d) Isle de Jean.

5. As the weather warms, what fear comes over the Sargent family?
(a) Fear of Indian raids.
(b) Fear Ira and Caleb will fail to return.
(c) Fear of disease.
(d) Fear of failure with the crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a skiff?

2. What change in her private thoughts does Marguerite suddenly notice in part 4?

3. At the end of part 3, what is the first word Debby clearly speaks?

4. What does Joel do while in the throes of a fever in part 4?

5. How many pairs of shoes does Dolly tell Aunt Hespa there are for her children and Marguerite that winter in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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