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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 does Dolly say at the beginning of Part 2 she is grateful for?
(a) Good weather for the Raising.
(b) The health of her children.
(c) Good neighbors willing to work.
(d) A good servant in Marguerite.

2. In part 2, Marguerite stumbles on a cave and finds a pile of bones near a cold fire. What else does she find?
(a) A woman's petticoat.
(b) A child's shoe buckle.
(c) A child's toy.
(d) A woman's necklace.

3. What is one of the reasons Joel Sargent gives for deciding to sell all he owns to buy this new farm?
(a) The large amount of land as compared to only an acre or two in Marblehead.
(b) The farmhouse.
(c) The sugar maples on the new land.
(d) The ability to grow more food for the family.

4. What does Caleb criticize Marguerite for doing after she saw the bear?
(a) For leaving the butter in the stream.
(b) For allowing the dog to attack it.
(c) For scaring it away.
(d) For allowing the children to follow the dog.

5. What chore does Caleb allow Marguerite to do that she often finds wearisome, though she refuses to tell Caleb, in Part 2?
(a) Drying fish.
(b) Potato digging.
(c) Corn grinding.
(d) Scraping animal hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

2. 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?

3. What book does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite inspired the quilt pattern Delectable Mountain?

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

5. What job did Marguerite want to attend to at the Raising?

(see the answer key)

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