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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. What is a bound-out girl?
(a) A girl who travels with families in need.
(b) A girl who runs errands for a family.
(c) A girl who works as a servant in exchange for room and board.
(d) A girl who is sent to boarding school.

2. Who tells Marguerite she did the right thing after her encounter with the bear?
(a) Seth Jordan.
(b) Abby Welles.
(c) Joel and Dolly Sargent.
(d) Aunt Hespa.

3. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?
(a) Isle au Haut.
(b) Monhegan.
(c) Sunday Island.
(d) Mount Desert.

4. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.
(b) Dresses of silk.
(c) Dresses with color and patterns.
(d) Dresses of soft cotton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Marguerite and her grandmother end up after they run out of money?

2. What is a loom?

3. What does Caleb criticize Marguerite for doing after she saw the bear?

4. What chore does Caleb allow Marguerite to do that she often finds wearisome, though she refuses to tell Caleb, in Part 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What luxuries does Marguerite find herself indulging in at Aunt Hespa's house shortly after rescuing the cow and calf?

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

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

9. What causes some shock and fright as the Sargent family sets eyes on their new farm for the first time?

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

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