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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 Joel's largest concern as he lay disabled by his injury in part 4?
(a) That the fields will not be planted in time.
(b) That he cannot help care for the children.
(c) That the Jordans will not help.
(d) That the Indians might come and take advantage of their vulnerability.

2. At the end of part 3, what is the first word Debby clearly speaks?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Corn.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Mommy.

3. What does Ira fashion to remove the sap from the sugar maple trees?
(a) A rubber hose.
(b) Steel nails.
(c) Iron spikes.
(d) Hollowed out wooden pegs.

4. What food does Patty expect to be served at the Jordans' corn shelling?
(a) Molasses cakes.
(b) Fried chicken.
(c) Potato salad.
(d) Hasty pudding.

5. What gift does Hannah Welles feel Abby should have returned when she made the choice to marry Ira Sargent?
(a) Silk cloth Seth Jordan gave her.
(b) A bracelet Timothy gave her.
(c) The six teacups Ethan Jordan gave her.
(d) A pocketwatch Captain Hunt gave her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a voice in the chaos of the Indians fighting over the cloth from the Maypole say to Marguerite that causes her to stop fearing for herself and the children?

2. In Aunt Hespa's book, who kept Doubting Castle?

3. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?

4. What type of dress that Abby is making does she show Marguerite on her visit in part 4?

5. Who built the casket for Debby's body?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of gathering do the Jordans have shortly after Timothy Welles and Ethan Jordan return from Portsmouth?

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

4. How does Caleb arrange to travel to Boston on the Fortunate Star?

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

6. What quilt does Aunt Hespa give to Marguerite to complete? For what purpose?

7. What condition is the dog in when he makes his way back to house after the Indian attack the night of the corn shelling?

8. What work does Joel take on by himself when Ira and Caleb go away on the Fortunate Star?

9. What does Marguerite learn was the only thing the Sargents routinely do to celebrate Christmas?

10. What arrives in the channel to cause a great deal of excitement on Sargent's Point? What do they want?

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