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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 treat does Abby talk her mother into serving Ira Sargent and Marguerite?
(a) Fresh bread.
(b) Molasses cakes.
(c) Spice cake.
(d) Pumpkin pie.

2. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?
(a) A tiger cub.
(b) A bird.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

3. What does Ira fashion to remove the sap from the sugar maple trees?
(a) Steel nails.
(b) A rubber hose.
(c) Iron spikes.
(d) Hollowed out wooden pegs.

4. What about her own appearance does Marguerite become aware when sitting near Abby Welles?
(a) Her torn stockings.
(b) Her uncombed hair.
(c) Her old, outgrown dress.
(d) Her holey shoes.

5. In part 3, who keeps watch through the night while the men go to check on the fire at Sargent's Point?
(a) The Jordan men.
(b) The Morse men.
(c) The Sargent men.
(d) The Stanley men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In part 3, what gift did Ethan bring his father that causes joy for Marguerite?

2. Who is Jerusha?

3. What is a bound-out girl?

4. What do the children talk about as they watch the men work at the Raising?

5. At the beginning of part 4, what does Ira wish there was between Sargent's Point and the Welles farm?

(see the answer key)

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