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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 did Rebekka not like about Summer in Virginia?
(a) The animals.
(b) The bugs.
(c) The heat.
(d) The humidity.

2. Why couldn't Lina save her family?
(a) She was too sick.
(b) She was too young.
(c) She was chained up.
(d) She was too scared.

3. From what disease does Jacob die?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Typhoid Fever.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Measles.

4. Why does Florens say Rebekka sometimes slaps her slaves?
(a) To vent frustration.
(b) To teach them.
(c) To protect them.
(d) To put them in their place.

5. How is the blacksmith different from other black men?
(a) He is educated.
(b) He was born in America.
(c) He is free.
(d) He can read.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Lina different from other slaves?

2. Where was Sorrow raised?

3. What did Rebekka have to make adjustments to after she got married?

4. With whom does Lina have a close friendship?

5. Where does Florens try to sleep while heading to get the blacksmith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Jacob to be so confused before his death?

2. Where does Rebekka find her biggest source of faith, and why does she think this is strange?

3. What is confusing in the dialogue at the beginning of the book?

4. How does Florens prefer to communicate, and why?

5. How does Jacob change, and what causes these changes?

6. What is Florens sent to do when Jacob dies, and why?

7. What does Lina teach Florens about men, and why?

8. How did D'Ortega come to be the way he is in the book?

9. What happens on the farm after Jacob dies?

10. How does the Widow Ealing help Florens?

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