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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philomene think a jealous God might do?
(a) Kill her daughters also.
(b) Take Clement in trade for her newborns.
(c) Take away her happiness.
(d) Nothing because she thinks God is not jealous of slaves.

2. Of what does Oreline seem afraid when talking to Philomene in Chapter 17?
(a) Clement fleeing for the North.
(b) Philomene.
(c) Suzette.
(d) Philomene killing herself and her children.

3. What gift has Clement been making in Chapter 13?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) A rocking horse.
(c) A snuff box.
(d) A cradle.

4. How does Philomene communicate with Gerant in Chapter 9?
(a) They are unable to communicate.
(b) Suzette carries notes back and forth.
(c) They talk to each other in church on Sundays.
(d) Doralise carries notes back and forth.

5. Why does Suzette return to Oreline's homestead?
(a) The family she went to cannot afford to keep her.
(b) To help Oreline with the birth of her newest child.
(c) To help care for Philomene.
(d) To be at Clement's burial.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who does Philomene glimpse as missing from the family in the future?

2. Who is Josephina?

3. What does Suzette think when she is ill in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Madame Derbanne chastise at the beginning of the book?

5. How old is Emily when Valery leaves to join the war effort?

(see the answer key)

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