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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?
(a) He is chasing the neighbors from house.
(b) He is chasing his tail.
(c) He is sniffing at the ground.
(d) He is barking his afraid bark.

2. Why is the roof of the cave darkened?
(a) The bears have rubbed against it, staining it with the oils from their coats.
(b) There have been many fires inside the cave.
(c) The Indians have drawn on it.
(d) The damp has caused a growth of mold.

3. What does Marguerite point out in the night sky to the children?
(a) A falling star.
(b) The direction to their new home.
(c) Constellations.
(d) The full moon.

4. Of whom is the poem Maypole Point about?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Debby.
(c) Aunt Hespa.
(d) Marguerite.

5. Why does Marguerite decide Indians must not be so bad as they travel through Penobscot Bay?
(a) A Baron of France married one.
(b) They come from French Canada.
(c) One saved a French explorer.
(d) They often live with the French.

6. What does Aunt Hespa boil in milk to help cure health complaints?
(a) Bayberry leaves.
(b) Mullein leaves.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Sheep laurel petals.

7. How do the twins explain to Marguerite the crickets make their noises?
(a) Rubbing their tails together.
(b) Rubbing their antenna together.
(c) Rubbing their front legs together.
(d) Rubbing their hind legs together.

8. When Marguerite finds the cave in the woods, what about it frightens her?
(a) The idea of bears.
(b) The bats.
(c) The smell.
(d) The closeness.

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

10. In Part 2, rumors of what delayed the sailing of the Isabella B in one of two incidences?
(a) Bad storms.
(b) Heavy seas.
(c) Indian raids.
(d) A French invasion.

11. What is one of the things that delayed the sailing of the Isabella B prior to the Raising?
(a) Ethan Jordan broke his leg.
(b) Ira Sargent suffered a snake bite.
(c) Timothy Welles injured his hand.
(d) Abby Welles had a fever.

12. What is the last thing the men do to the house before they finish work at the Raising?
(a) Carry the furniture into the house.
(b) Clean up the wood chips from the chopping of logs.
(c) Install glass in the windows.
(d) Press moss into the cracks between the logs.

13. 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 child's shoe buckle.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) A woman's necklace.
(d) A woman's petticoat.

14. What is a dory?
(a) A tool.
(b) A large ship.
(c) A bird.
(d) A small boat.

15. How many pairs of shoes does Dolly tell Aunt Hespa there are for her children and Marguerite that winter in Part 2?
(a) Enough for everyone.
(b) Two pair for four children and none for Marguerite.
(c) Three pair for five children and two for Marguerite.
(d) One pair for two children and one for Marguerite.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

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

3. What reason does the captain give for changing the originally intended course of the ship to the new farm?

4. Who is Seth Jordan?

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

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