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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 landmark does Marguerite try to fix in her mind to recall once she returns to Sargent's Point?
(a) Sunday Island.
(b) Mount Desert.
(c) Isle de Jean.
(d) Penobscot Bay.

2. Who does Marguerite think of when she and the Sargents indulge in the maple sugar?
(a) Debby.
(b) Aunt Hespa.
(c) Abby Welles.
(d) Seth Jordan.

3. What is a reel?
(a) A type of song.
(b) A type of party game.
(c) A type of dance.
(d) A type of musical instrument.

4. In part 3, who expresses fear for Pumpkin the dog when the party at the Jordans' notice the smoke on Sargent's Point?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Patty.
(d) The twins.

5. 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) Dolly and Aunt Hespa.
(b) Abby and Hannah Welles.
(c) Abby Welles and Aunt Hespa.
(d) Kate Stanley and Dolly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In part 3, how does Marguerite spend the long night while the men check the fire at Sargent's Point?

2. In part 3, who keeps watch through the night while the men go to check on the fire at Sargent's Point?

3. What favorite memory of her grandmother at Christmas does Marguerite have?

4. Who is Marguerite a little afraid of seeing when they reach the Welles' farm?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marguerite react to the arrival of the Indians after returning the children safely to the house?

2. Who does Marguerite run into while she is walking in the woods Christmas Eve to sing Christmas carols on her own? What does he tell her? What does she give him?

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

4. Who does Abby Welles say a heartfelt goodbye to when the men leave? What does this say about her choice of suitors?

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

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

7. How is Joel Sargent injured in Part 4? How bad is the injury?

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

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

10. What do Caleb and Marguerite do after Debby is injured? What is the result?

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