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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 3, what drink does Ira give the dog when it returns from its fight with the Indians?
(a) Tea.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Milk.

2. Why does Dolly quickly insist on putting a splint on Joel's injured leg?
(a) She is concerned the bones will break through the skin.
(b) She wants to give him support to walk.
(c) She does not know what else to do.
(d) She needs to straighten the leg.

3. What is the response of the sailors when Caleb asks to go with them to Boston?
(a) They tell him to ask his parents.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They outright refuse him.
(d) They welcome him.

4. What does Marguerite say over the grave when she first visits Debby's grave?
(a) An English prayer.
(b) A French prayer.
(c) A French lullaby.
(d) An English lullaby.

5. How does Marguerite keep going in the right direction during her attempts to retrieve Aunt Hespa?
(a) She follows the Aurora Borealis.
(b) She follows Caleb.
(c) She follows the tip of the Big Dipper.
(d) She follows Pumpkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift did Ethan Jordan bring to Abby Welles upon his return from Portsmouth?

2. Why is one of the ears of corn red?

3. What would Marguerite have learned to do at the convent if she had remained another year?

4. What do the Sargents do with the sap once they have drained it from the trees?

5. What is it rumored Ethan paid for Abby's gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marguerite think of the line dance that the neighbors teach her at the corn shelling?

2. After the Maypole begins to fall apart at the end of Part 4, how does Marguerite finally make the Indians leave Sargent's Point?

3. What does Marguerite do when the food runs out and the Indians continue to be a threat to Sargent's Point?

4. Why does Ira take Marguerite on his first visit to see Abby Welles after the long winter? What does Abby give to Marguerite?

5. What does Marguerite go out into the fog to gather in Part 4? What happens when she does?

6. What do the Sargents do to the sugar maple trees that makes Marguerite fear for their survival?

7. Why does Dolly refuse to allow Marguerite to go to Sunday Island to get help? Why does their signal of a white sheet fail to gain notice?

8. What offer does Joel Sargent make to Marguerite at the end of the novel?

9. Before having a meal during the corn shelling, what do the people of the area pray for?

10. What does Joel tell Dolly about their sources of meat now that the cow and most of the chickens are gone?

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