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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do the Sargents have?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. To where were Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother planning to go when they left France?
(a) New York.
(b) Canada.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Marblehead.

3. What animal does Marguerite think Dolly resembles in her homespun dress and scoop bonnet?
(a) A pig.
(b) A cow.
(c) A hen.
(d) A sheep.

4. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1643.

5. Who says the young man in Aunt Hespa's song was wrong to leave his lover?
(a) Ira Sargent.
(b) Ethan Jordan.
(c) Seth Jordan.
(d) Joel Sargent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?

2. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?

3. What does Marguerite point out in the night sky to the children?

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

5. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?

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