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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clement lose sight of when he gets to shore?
(a) His brother.
(b) The chair.
(c) The boat.
(d) Some barrels of oil.

2. Who buys Gerant?
(a) Jacques.
(b) Oreline.
(c) Eugene.
(d) No one wants him.

3. How does Palmire communicate?
(a) Psychically.
(b) Writing.
(c) With gestures.
(d) Just like everyone else.

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

5. Why does Oreline refuse Suzette's request in Chapter 1?
(a) She is unwilling to hide anything from her aunt and uncle.
(b) She is mean hearted
(c) She is afraid of being sold.
(d) She does not know how to write either.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Philomene glad Narcisse has remarried?

2. What does Eugene do with some property he and Doralise shared?

3. What does Francoise worry about concerning Oreline?

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

5. How old is Suzette at the opening of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What remark does Suzette make concerning Doralise's relationship with Eugene?

2. What does Suzette ask Oreline to do, and what is Oreline's response?

3. What do Garasime and Elisabeth say about the slave auction?

4. With whom is Suzette enamored, but what is her mother's response to that?

5. Why does Francoise chastise Elisabeth in Chapter 1?

6. What does Suzette say about her relationship to Eugene?

7. What does Narcisse ask Tessier concerning Clement?

8. What does Elisabeth urge Philomene to tell Clement?

9. What does Suzette immediately do when Francoise dies?

10. What does Suzette say about her family after the slave auction?

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