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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Louisa doing as she walks to her destination in Chapter 1?
(a) Reading.
(b) Humming.
(c) Crying.
(d) Skipping.

2. Who does Louisa believe she will choose to marry?
(a) Tom.
(b) No one.
(c) Bob.
(d) Mr. Stone.

3. According to Louisa, who will tie her more closely to her current life of poverty if she marries this person?
(a) Mr. Stone.
(b) No one.
(c) Tom.
(d) Bob.

4. Where is Louisa returning to in Chapter 1?
(a) Home.
(b) School.
(c) Work.
(d) Field.

5. According to Bob, what could he have done in the time of masters and slaves?
(a) Freed Louisa in order to marry.
(b) Done what he liked with a black woman.
(c) Been a master of Louisa and her family.
(d) Fought for the emancipation of slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Louisa's neighbors at the end of the story?

2. Tom listens to an old black man tell stories of white folks, cotton picking, and what?

3. What literary genre does Toomer NOT employ in "Blood-Burning Moon"?

4. Where does Bob stumble after getting his throat cut?

5. What kind of relationship does Bob want to have with Louisa that he currently does not?

(see the answer key)

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