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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What request does Oreline refuse that Suzette asks of her in Chapter 1?
(a) To help her meet with a young man on a neighboring plantation.
(b) To teach her to read.
(c) To help her escape.
(d) To help her learn to write.

2. Why does Suzette send word to the slave quarters the minute Francoise dies?
(a) So they can don black armbands.
(b) So they can prepare for any consequences of Francoise's death.
(c) So they can quit working.
(d) So they can put in motion their plans to escape.

3. What upsets Oreline about her aunt's actions to get money?
(a) That she is trying to get Oreline to marry a wealthy gambler.
(b) That she is flirting with a man of dubious reputation.
(c) That she won't sell some of the fallow acres.
(d) That she sold Palmire's children.

4. Following Francoise’s death, who does Doralise promise to try to help?
(a) Palmire.
(b) Gerasime.
(c) Philomene.
(d) Gerant.

5. What does Francoise worry about concerning Oreline?
(a) That she will marry Eugene.
(b) That she will join a convent as she has threatened.
(c) That she will never have children.
(d) That she will never marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philomene realize about Suzette in Chapter 9?

2. What is Elisabeth's job at the plantation?

3. What is Narcisse's body build?

4. What does Elisabeth know about Suzette and Nicholas in Chapter 2?

5. What is the year at the opening of Cane River?

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