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Calico Bush Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. In part 2, what do the men spend most of their evenings doing?
(a) Reading the Bible.
(b) Telling stories of their childhoods.
(c) Building furniture.
(d) Whittling spoons out of wood.

2. Who responds to Marguerite with friendliness at the Raising that brings Marguerite pleasure?
(a) Dolly Sargent.
(b) Ira Sargent.
(c) Caleb Sargent.
(d) Abby Welles.

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

4. What does grit mean as used in Part 1 of this novel?
(a) Foreigner.
(b) Courage.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Stupidity.

5. What skill was Marguerite taught by the Sisters in a convent in France?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Embroidery.
(c) Painting.
(d) Sculpting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work do the women indulge after the large meal is finished during the Raising?

2. What is the point of view of the novel?

3. What is one of the reasons Joel Sargent gives for deciding to sell all he owns to buy this new farm?

4. How has Ira Sargent created a calendar at the new farm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marguerite see in the sky over Sunday Island on the day she goes to help Aunt Hespa with the weaving of cloth?

2. What happens to Marguerite's uncle as they approach the shores of America? What does Marguerite find most devastating about this?

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

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

5. What type of cuttings does Seth Jordan bring the Sargents? For what reason?

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

7. What is a Raising? Why does Caleb tell Marguerite it is important to the family?

8. Why do the children need to be cleaned up? Why do they protest?

9. What stories does a stranger tell the children when he runs across them on the pasture lands outside Falmouth?

10. What does Abby Welles claim she would like to have when Ethan Jordan and Timothy Welles prepare to sail to Portsmouth on the Isabella B?

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