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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Florens run away with Sorrow?
(a) She doesn't know the way.
(b) She might get killed.
(c) She is too loyal.
(d) She has to finish something.

2. What crops do the D'Ortegas grow?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Beets.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Wheat.

3. What begins to fade when Florens sees the blacksmith?
(a) Her love.
(b) Her fear.
(c) Her pain.
(d) Her journey.

4. How did Minha Mae hope to trick her captors?
(a) She had sex with them.
(b) She pretended to be crazy.
(c) She played dead.
(d) She pretended to be sick.

5. How does Sorrow's father die?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Disease.
(c) A shipwreck.
(d) An attack.

6. What does Rebekka call Sorrow while she is sick?
(a) Retard.
(b) Slut.
(c) Ninny.
(d) Sissy.

7. Why did Minha Mae hate that Florens wore shoes?
(a) It made her haughty.
(b) It made her weak.
(c) It made her pretty.
(d) It made her noticable.

8. How does Minha Mae describe being given dominion over someone else?
(a) A hard thing.
(b) A wicked thing.
(c) A wrong thing.
(d) A good thing.

9. How does Rebekka try to get rid of Sorrow?
(a) Selling her.
(b) Killing her.
(c) Giving her away.
(d) Being cruel to her.

10. What does Florens walk home without?
(a) Her bag.
(b) Her boots.
(c) Her apron.
(d) Her hat.

11. Why don't Rebekka let Lina sleep where she likes when it is hot?
(a) It is not in the Bible.
(b) She might run away.
(c) It is for savages.
(d) She might get sick.

12. Who does Florens talk to as she walks home?
(a) God.
(b) Herself.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) Lina.

13. Why did Reverend Father agree to teach Florens to read?
(a) He wanted to marry Florens.
(b) It is what God would have wanted.
(c) It made Minha Mae happy.
(d) He liked to break rules.

14. How did Lina figure out what was wrong with Sorrow when she came to the farm?
(a) She knew the signs.
(b) Jacob told her.
(c) She read it in a book.
(d) She had a dream.

15. What is missing when Florens wakes up in the blacksmith's house?
(a) Her boots.
(b) Her letter.
(c) Her bonnet.
(d) Her satchel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do men say Jacob was the happiest in his life?

2. Where does Lina like to sleep when it is hot?

3. Who is Florens never able to understand?

4. Who is Florens's father?

5. What does Sorrow name her baby?

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