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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Abby want to learn the embroidery stitches Marguerite learned to do in a convent in France?
(a) To make a fancy wedding dress.
(b) To decorate some napkins she is making for the home she will share with Ira.
(c) To decorate the collars of her new dresses.
(d) To impress her mother.
2. Who does Dolly blame for the baby's burns?
(a) Marguerite for not watching the child closer.
(b) Joel for brining them there and herself for not teaching the child to fear fire.
(c) The twins for pushing the child close to the fire.
(d) Ira for putting too many logs on the fire.
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) Dolly.
(b) Aunt Hespa.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Ethan.
4. What complaint does Dolly make in part 4 as Joel prepares the fields for planting?
(a) That he is trying to do everything too perfectly.
(b) That he is not doing a good enough job.
(c) That he is working too hard.
(d) That he is not working hard enough.
5. What is the first word the Indian in the woods speaks to Marguerite?
(a) Noel.
(b) Love.
(c) Help.
(d) Hello.
6. What does Ira take to the Welles on his first visit after the worst of the winter storms?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Maple sugar syrup.
(c) Cornmeal.
(d) Store bought gifts.
7. What book does Aunt Hespa tell Marguerite inspired the quilt pattern Delectable Mountain?
(a) Pilgrim's Pride.
(b) Pilgrim's Passage.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Bible.
8. How does Marguerite keep going in the right direction during her attempts to retrieve Aunt Hespa?
(a) She follows Pumpkin.
(b) She follows the Aurora Borealis.
(c) She follows Caleb.
(d) She follows the tip of the Big Dipper.
9. How does Susan claim the Indians eat their clams in part 4?
(a) Cooked wrapped in seaweed.
(b) Cooked in a stew.
(c) Raw.
(d) Fried in oil.
10. As the weather warms, what fear comes over the Sargent family?
(a) Fear of failure with the crops.
(b) Fear of disease.
(c) Fear of Indian raids.
(d) Fear Ira and Caleb will fail to return.
11. How many Indians does Marguerite see in the cover and in the woods at the end of Part 4?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Eighteen or twenty.
(c) Eight or ten.
(d) Over a hundred.
12. What item does Marguerite wish she had at the beginning of part 3 so that she might pray for Ira Sargent and Abby Welles?
(a) A rosary.
(b) A crucifix.
(c) A St. Jude medal.
(d) A Bible.
13. What things does Hannah Welles criticize Ira Sargent for in part 4?
(a) His inability to provide a home and shelter to her daughter.
(b) His lack of income and his desire to return to Portsmouth.
(c) His dependence on his brother and settling on land known to have been raided by Indians.
(d) His dependence on his brother and his lack of a work ethic.
14. What cargo does the Fortunate Star carry?
(a) Coffee and beans for the people of Boston.
(b) Dried goods for the Royal Navy.
(c) Lumber to the Royal Navy.
(d) Cloth and tea for sale in Boston.
15. What excuse does Marguerite give Dolly when she slips out of the house Christmas Eve?
(a) She wants to milk the cow.
(b) She wants to look for blueberries.
(c) She wants to gather pine cones for the fire.
(d) She wants to look for eggs.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the beginning of part 4, what does Ira wish there was between Sargent's Point and the Welles farm?
2. Which of the children begins to show the most ill effects from the harsh winter weather?
3. What does a voice in the chaos of the Indians fighting over the cloth from the Maypole say to Marguerite that causes her to stop fearing for herself and the children?
4. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?
5. How do Marguerite and Dolly get Joel back to the house after he is injured?
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