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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 Elisabeth notice when she is telling the census taker about the women of the household?
(a) He is derisive of former slaves.
(b) He is not interested in the women.
(c) He wants a lot of information about them.
(d) He does not believe her.

2. Who does Elisabeth encounter one day and feed him leftovers?
(a) A young woman who knows Clement.
(b) An elderly black man who remembers Africa.
(c) A white preacher.
(d) Her son that she was forced to leave behind years earlier.

3. What number child is Emily pregnant with in Chapter 34?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

5. What does Philomene see Clement doing at the opening of Chapter 16?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Feeding a baby squirrel.
(c) Crying.
(d) Holding one of their daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Clement to drown?

2. What is the main goal Philomene and Oreline have while Valery is gone?

3. Where had Joseph been during the days of slavery?

4. What does Emily say many people call her?

5. What is the result of Oreline and Philomene being left alone on the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily admit to Bet about Emily's feelings concerning Elisabeth?

2. What does Narcisse say he worries about concerning Emily?

3. In Chapter 31, what does Joseph request from Philomene concerning Emily?

4. In Chapter 23, what does Oreline ask of her husband concerning the war, and what is his response?

5. Why does Narcisse begin to hoard money and food?

6. What does Philomene name her daughter by Narcisse, and what does she say about the daughter?

7. Who becomes ill in Chapter 18, and who takes care of them?

8. In Chapter 19, what does Elisabeth say about Philomene's visions, and how does Philomene plan to use them on Narcisse?

9. What is the argument between Oreline and Philomene about who owes whom in Chapter 24?

10. In Chapter 25, what does Yellow John say about Clement's fate?

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