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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year at the opening to Chapter 2?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1894.

2. What does Suzette say about the relationship between Doralise and Philippe?
(a) It is romantic.
(b) It is deteriorating.
(c) It is blissful.
(d) It is lopsided.

3. How old is Suzette at the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) 21.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

4. What does Suzette say about Doralise when talking to Philomene?
(a) Doralise is sad.
(b) Doralise is generous.
(c) Doralise is pregnant.
(d) Doralise manipulates situations to her benefit only.

5. What does Eugene Daurat do that many of his family do not?
(a) Go to an Anglican church.
(b) Speak English.
(c) Live part-time in France.
(d) Fox hunts.

6. In Chapter 10, who does Philomene glimpse as missing from the family in the future?
(a) Elisabeth and Palmire.
(b) Gerant.
(c) Gerasime and Gerant.
(d) Gerasime and Palmire.

7. Who does Jacques Tessier buy?
(a) Palmire and Suzette.
(b) No one.
(c) Clement and his mother.
(d) Gerant and Philomene.

8. What relation is Doralise Derbanne to Suzette?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Godmother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Grandmother.

9. To whom is Eugene Daurat related?
(a) Gerasime.
(b) The Derbannes.
(c) No one else who appears in the novel.
(d) Elisabeth.

10. What role is difficult for Eugene in Chapter 9?
(a) Executor of Rosedew.
(b) Executioner for two slaves who tried to escape.
(c) Slave trader.
(d) Father of Philomene.

11. Why does Joseph say he wants to buy Clement?
(a) For his blacksmith skills.
(b) To unite him with Philomene.
(c) He is an honest slave.
(d) To make him pay for the lost coon skins.

12. In Chapter 8, what do Gerasime and Elisabeth say they will not do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Seek a new mate.
(c) Curse God.
(d) Leave the plantation alive.

13. What is Suzette's relationship to Palmire and Apphia?
(a) Just friends.
(b) Cousins.
(c) She does not know either of them.
(d) Siblings.

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

15. Who goes to Elisabeth after having a "glimpsing"?
(a) Palmire.
(b) Philomene.
(c) Gerant.
(d) Suzette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if Suzette and Nicholas marry?

2. Following Francoise’s death, who does Doralise promise to try to help?

3. Why is Philomene glad Narcisse has remarried?

4. To whom is Suzette nursemaid?

5. How does Clement earn extra money?

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