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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. How far has Lucien traveled?

2. What did Lucien do to Rosalie when she told him what Jesse and Byron were doing in a secret place?

3. How long does Byron say that his classmate Robinson Pearce plans to stay when he visits in Book 1, Chapter VI?

4. Where will Juliette go when her husband's will is fully executed?

5. When does Lucien write that he will come to get Rosalie in Book 2, Chapter IX?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Tuesdays a day of observance?

2. Who accosts Byron and Pearce at a bar after Byron picks up Pearce at the port?

3. Why is the Pierpont Plantation in danger of dying without issue?

4. What is Lucien's financial situation?

5. What happens when Byron and Peace are swimming in the pond?

6. How does Sylvie feel about Blacks and mixed bloods who die of yellow fever?

7. What conversation does Lucien have with Rosalie after Jane swims naked in the pond?

8. How does Jane Chatham torment the postman?

9. Who does Sylvie believe that Claude Le Brun is?

10. What does Juliette tell Jane when she leaves her with the Guilberts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How Williams-Garcia use imagery to help reader’s imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Williams-Garcia use artistic license to create the realistic background of A Sitting in St. James?

Essay Topic 3

Williams-Garcia uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before the story begins. How and why does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past?

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