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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Father teach Florens?
(a) How to sing.
(b) How to plant seeds.
(c) How to read.
(d) How to send secret messages.

2. What does Lina sense when she first sees the blacksmith and Florens?
(a) He will help them.
(b) They will be a good match.
(c) He will hurt them.
(d) There will be trouble.

3. How is the blacksmith different from other black men?
(a) He is free.
(b) He was born in America.
(c) He is educated.
(d) He can read.

4. What does Reverend always say is the second best hope?
(a) Scriptures.
(b) Communion.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Faith.

5. What kind of people did Rebekka avoid in Virginia?
(a) Savages.
(b) All of these.
(c) Religious people.
(d) Poor people.

6. What does Jacob fear when he comes to his farm?
(a) A rice in prices.
(b) A drought.
(c) An uprising.
(d) A war.

7. Where does Florens live at the beginning of the book?
(a) A plantation.
(b) A poor house.
(c) A ship.
(d) A farm.

8. Why is Florens sent to another slave owner?
(a) All of these.
(b) To free up space.
(c) To pay off a debt.
(d) To make money.

9. Why does Florens say Rebekka sometimes slaps her slaves?
(a) To put them in their place.
(b) To protect them.
(c) To teach them.
(d) To vent frustration.

10. What does Florens say is good about working iron?
(a) It is widely used.
(b) It is close to the surface.
(c) It is very valuable.
(d) It is easile molded.

11. What does Lina worry about after Jacob's death?
(a) Her sanity.
(b) The farm.
(c) Florens's feelings.
(d) Rebekka's health.

12. How did Rebekka feel about her life at sea?
(a) She didn't like it.
(b) She was ashamed of it.
(c) She loved it.
(d) She had good and bad days.

13. How long of a walk is it from where Lina waits to the blacksmith?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 1 day.

14. Who does Florens miss most when she is given to another slave owner?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her Reverend.

15. Who told Florens about the protector spirits?
(a) Lina.
(b) Sully.
(c) Minha Mae.
(d) Rebekka.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rebekka feel when she got to Virginia?

2. How does Lina act around the other slaves?

3. What does Lina teach Florens about men?

4. How did Rebekka get sick?

5. How did the villagers treat Florens?

(see the answer keys)

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