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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a skiff?
(a) A small boat.
(b) A surf board.
(c) A large sailboat.
(d) A laundry tool.

2. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?
(a) Mount Desert.
(b) Monhegan.
(c) Sunday Island.
(d) Isle au Haut.

3. Why does Marguerite decide Indians must not be so bad as they travel through Penobscot Bay?
(a) One saved a French explorer.
(b) A Baron of France married one.
(c) They often live with the French.
(d) They come from French Canada.

4. What business did Marguerite's uncle plan to start in the New World?
(a) A shoe repair shop.
(b) A music store.
(c) A violin repair shop.
(d) A dance studio.

5. Who is Champlain?
(a) A French aristocrat.
(b) A French priest.
(c) A French explorer.
(d) A French painter.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where were Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother planning to go when they left France?

2. From what port in France did Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother sail from the year before the opening of the novel?

3. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?

4. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?

5. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?

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