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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. In part 3, what advice does Seth Jordan give Joel Sargent when Joel plans on his return to Sargent's Point?

2. Who taught Marguerite to dance the pavane?

3. What treat does Abby talk her mother into serving Ira Sargent and Marguerite?

4. What does Marguerite call the button she presses into the Indian's hand before leaving him?

5. Why does Marguerite tell the children people in France and England dance the Maypole?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What news do the men bring back from Sargent's Point when they return from checking on the cause of some smoke seen from Sunday Island?

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

6. What supplies have the Sargents run low on? Why?

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

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

9. What warning is stated in the final chorus of the song Aunt Hespa sings once more during the corn shelling?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in detail as it appears in and impacts the plot of the novel, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Symbolism

2) Irony

3) Metaphor

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ethan Jordan? Who has he been courting since before the arrival of the Sargents? How does the arrival of the Jordans change Ethan's romantic intentions? How does Ethan react to this change? What does this say about Ethan? About the time period in which the novel is set? Who is Seth Jordan? What warning does he give the Sargents upon their initial arrival in the channel? What does Seth think of their refusal to listen to his advice? What does Seth do to help or hinder the Sargents? Why does he do this?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Joel Sargent give Marguerite the opportunity to go to French Canada? Where will Marguerite go once she arrives there? Does she decide to go? Why or why not? How do the other members of the family feel about Marguerite's opportunity? Her choice? How does Caleb reveal his feelings to Marguerite? What does the ending of the novel imply about Marguerite's future with the Sargent family? Is this an optimistic ending?

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