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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 the response of the sailors when Caleb asks to go with them to Boston?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They welcome him.
(c) They tell him to ask his parents.
(d) They outright refuse him.
2. In part 3, who does Marguerite find preparing for breakfast in the kitchen the morning after the men go to check on smoke at Sargent's Point?
(a) Kate Stanley and Dolly.
(b) Abby Welles and Aunt Hespa.
(c) Abby and Hannah Welles.
(d) Dolly and Aunt Hespa.
3. Who follows Marguerite to the grave when she finally has a chance to visit it?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Ira.
(d) Caleb.
4. What gift did Ethan Jordan bring to Abby Welles upon his return from Portsmouth?
(a) Perfume.
(b) China cups.
(c) Silk material for a dress.
(d) A bracelet.
5. What favorite memory of Christmas with the Sisters at the convent does Marguerite have?
(a) Exchaning presents.
(b) Singing Christmas carols.
(c) Feeding the poor.
(d) Watching the Christmas pageant.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Aunt Hespa's book, who kept Doubting Castle?
2. What does Ira fashion to remove the sap from the sugar maple trees?
3. What does Joel do while in the throes of a fever in part 4?
4. What does Ira Sargent compare to pulling the teeth of a giant?
5. Why is one of the ears of corn red?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the Sargents do to the sugar maple trees that makes Marguerite fear for their survival?
2. Before having a meal during the corn shelling, what do the people of the area pray for?
3. How does Caleb arrange to travel to Boston on the Fortunate Star?
4. 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?
5. What offer does Joel Sargent make to Marguerite at the end of the novel?
6. What arrives in the channel to cause a great deal of excitement on Sargent's Point? What do they want?
7. What does Marguerite go out into the fog to gather in Part 4? What happens when she does?
8. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?
9. Why does Marguerite think that Ira Sargent has grown sullen? What does she do about it?
10. Marguerite sees smoke at Sargent's Point when she goes to sit before the window after being criticized for her dance. Who does she tell? What do they do?
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