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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?
(a) On a keg.
(b) On the ship's deck.
(c) On Marguerite's lap.
(d) On the ship's rail.

2. What does Marguerite quickly learn a bound-out girl is not expected to hold?
(a) Opinions of their own.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) The children.

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

4. What is Marguerite untangling as the novel begins?
(a) Hair.
(b) Yarn.
(c) Wool.
(d) Children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Marguerite only use French when she is alone?

3. What do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?

4. What is a bound-out girl?

5. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?

(see the answer key)

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