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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 Thurso write a letter about in Book One, Part Six?
(a) His plan against Paris.
(b) His family.
(c) The horrible weather.
(d) The number of slaves aboard the Ship.

2. Which of the following weapons kills Deakin?
(a) A musket.
(b) A rock.
(c) A spear.
(d) A pistol.

3. What group lives in the city that Erasmus goes in Book Two?
(a) The Creoles.
(b) The Southern Belles.
(c) The Creek Indians.
(d) Witches.

4. Whose secret meeting does Erasmus attend in Book Two?
(a) Trinity Society.
(b) Creole Brotherhood.
(c) Trionfi Club.
(d) Enchanted Family.

5. Which of the following does Erasmus eat that is in the shape of a black woman?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Steak.
(d) Cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the crew trade with to obtain alcohol?

2. Why are Blair and Inchebe arguing?

3. What does the portrait that Delblanc has painted look like?

4. Why is Mrs. Kemp irritated when Erasmus gets home?

5. What do Thurso and the Governor discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you find Thurso's action of throwing slaves overboard surprising? Why or why not?

2. Explain the role of depression in Book One, Part Six.

3. How does Mrs. Kemp change after her husband's death?

4. How does the syntax change in Book Two, Part Nine?

5. What conflict does Erasmus come upon in Book Two, Part Eight?

6. Describe how the death of Mr. Kemp is discovered.

7. How has Paris' life changed between Book One and Book Two?

8. What is the Trionfi Club?

9. Explain "the sacred hunger". What is the narrator referring to by using that phrase?

10. How does Paris' fair treatment of others benefit him in Book One, Part Six?

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