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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is to sail with the Isabella B when it leaves for Portsmouth?
(a) Ira Sargent and Caleb Sargent.
(b) Timothy and Abby Welles.
(c) Ira Sargent and Ethan Jordan.
(d) Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan.

2. What is a loom?
(a) A device that dyes raw wool.
(b) A device that makes thread from wool.
(c) A device that cleans raw wool.
(d) A device that weaves thread into cloth.

3. How does Marguerite catch sight of her reflection for the first time in many months?
(a) She finds a looking glass in the woods.
(b) She sees her reflection in a window.
(c) She sees her reflection in the water.
(d) She finds a mirror among Dolly's belongings.

4. Where are Aunt Hespa's family from?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Scotland.

5. Whose fresh dress and white knitted stockings makes Marguerite feel self conscious?
(a) Hannah Welles.
(b) Abby Welles.
(c) Eliza Stanley.
(d) Mary Jane Morse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does young Jacob sit while eating his midday meal?

2. At the end of part 2, why does Aunt Hespa have Seth draw a pattern of Marguerite's feet?

3. How many children do the Sargents have?

4. What does Marguerite think of her reflection after having not seen herself for many months?

5. Why does Marguerite only use French when she is alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marguerite's understanding of her indentured servitude to the Sargents? How long is it to last?

2. What does Marguerite do when she wakes in the night and realizes a storm has taken control of the ship?

3. What story does Ira tell the children their first night on the ship?

4. What does Aunt Hespa show and teach Marguerite about while walking across the pastures on Sunday Island?

5. Why does Aunt Hespa invite Marguerite to her home at the end of Part 2?

6. What happens to the cow and her calf when they are put in the water to swim to shore? Who rescues them?

7. Why does Marguerite go into the woods with the children? Why does Caleb leave them alone?

8. Why are the captain and Joel Sargent surprised to find Caleb and Marguerite still on board the ship after the storm? What does Joel say about Marguerite?

9. How does Marguerite become lost in the woods?

10. What reasons do the men give for stopping in Falmouth before the storm hits their ship?

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