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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. Why does Joel Sargent tell his wife the captain of the Isabella B stayed with them for so long?
(a) To give the family shelter on his boat.
(b) To ensure payment.
(c) To help build the house.
(d) To look for a farm of his own.

2. What item of clothing does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite at the end of part 2?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Cotton underclothing.
(c) A new dress.
(d) Boots.

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

4. Why has the author begun her book with the poem Maypole Point?
(a) To show off her poetic side.
(b) To build tension in the story.
(c) To foreshadow the death of Marguerite.
(d) To preface the story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal do the children find at Falmouth and decide to adopt?

2. In what year does the novel begin?

3. Who plays the fiddle during Marguerite's visit at Aunt Hespa's?

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

5. When Marguerite is awoken by the storm, what is the first thing she does?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Marguerite a rare moment of happiness during the Raising?

2. Of what nationality is Marguerite Ledoux? Why do the Sargents call her Maggie?

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

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

5. Why does Marguerite stop to investigate a cave while searching for a way out of the woods?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why does the Captain refuse to enter Penobscot Bay when they reach the mouth?

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