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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 image does Dolly suggest the neighbors will compare her children to if they are not washed and cleaned?
(a) Sheep just brought in from the fields.
(b) A horse lathered in sweat after a heavy run.
(c) Pigs playing in slop.
(d) Cows caught in a muddy paddock.

2. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Reading.
(c) Reciting the rosary despite her lack of beads.
(d) Reciting old prayers from the Bible.

3. Who weighs heaviest on Marguerite's mind when she thinks of taking Joel Sargent's offer and leave Maine to live in a convent in French Canada?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Ethan.
(d) Aunt Hespa.

4. Who is Marguerite a little afraid of seeing when they reach the Welles' farm?
(a) Hannah Welles.
(b) Timothy Welles.
(c) Nathan Welles.
(d) Abby Welles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What business did Marguerite's uncle plan to start in the New World?

2. How does Marguerite keep going in the right direction during her attempts to retrieve Aunt Hespa?

3. What is a dory?

4. What is a loom?

5. What items has Seth Jordan given the Sargents to plant in their fields?

(see the answer key)

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