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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marguerite and the twins spend the morning of the Raising doing?

2. Who are the Morses?

3. To where were Marguerite, her uncle, and her grandmother planning to go when they left France?

4. What does Aunt Hespa boil in milk to help cure health complaints?

5. Why does Becky Sargent suggest the dog, Pumpkin, smells Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jacob Sargent injure himself during the Raising? How does Marguerite help to care for the child?

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

5. What does Aunt Hespa tell Dolly and Marguerite to do with the baby to ensure she will not play in the open fire in the main room of the house?

6. What does Marguerite show the Sargents that frightens them the night after she got lost in the woods?

7. What causes Marguerite a rare moment of happiness during the Raising?

8. Why does the Captain refuse to enter Penobscot Bay when they reach the mouth?

9. Why does Marguerite stop to investigate a cave while searching for a way out of the woods?

10. What stories does a stranger tell the children when he runs across them on the pasture lands outside Falmouth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a corn shelling party? Why do the Jordans throw one? What do these parties centered around work say about the time period? What type of dance does Marguerite do after the shelling is done? Why do some of the neighbors find it shocking? Why does Aunt Hespa express the opinion that it was a nice dance? What does this dance say about the differences between Marguerite and the people to whom she is bound?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Marguerite saddened that the Sargents do not celebrate Christmas? Why don't they celebrate Christmas? How does Marguerite have her own private celebration? What does she do? Where does she do it? What does she think about as she celebrates? What gifts does she want to give to the children? Who does she run into during her private celebration? What does this person tell her? How does Marguerite feel about meeting this person? What does she give him? Why does she not tell anyone about this encounter?

Essay Topic 3

What is unusual about the winter weather the first winter the Sargents are on their farm? What does winter weather prevent? What change in sleeping habits does the cold weather force the family to make? How does Debby get burned? How does this impact the family? What does Marguerite do to try to save her? Does it work? How does Marguerite feel about Debby's injuries and subsequent death? How does Dolly react? What does this reaction say about Marguerite? About Dolly?

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