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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philomene ask Suzette concerning Narcisse?
(a) If Narcisse is a kind man.
(b) If Narcisse is her brother.
(c) If Philomene can do anything if Narcisse tries to rape her.
(d) If Narcisse was Francois' lover.

2. Why does Tessier tell Clement to hurry?
(a) He needs him to shoe some horses.
(b) He needs him to fix a wagon wheel.
(c) There looks to be storms coming in.
(d) He wants him back before dark.

3. Who does Oreline buy?
(a) Philomene and Palmire.
(b) Just Suzette.
(c) Gerant and Suzette.
(d) Suzette, Philomene and Palmire.

4. Who does Madame Derbanne chastise at the beginning of the book?
(a) Elisabeth.
(b) Monsieur Derbanne.
(c) Narcisse.
(d) Gerasime.

5. What does Philomene glimpse as the cause of Clement's death?
(a) Broken neck.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Gunshot.
(d) Old age.

6. Why does Oreline refuse Suzette's request in Chapter 1?
(a) She is unwilling to hide anything from her aunt and uncle.
(b) She is mean hearted
(c) She is afraid of being sold.
(d) She does not know how to write either.

7. Who is Gerant's father?
(a) Eugene.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Monsieur Derbanne.
(d) Gerasime.

8. What gift has Clement been making in Chapter 13?
(a) A snuff box.
(b) A cradle.
(c) A rocking horse.
(d) A rocking chair.

9. What is a major event that happens to Louis at the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) He goes bankrupt.
(b) He is promoted to a Governorship.
(c) He dies.
(d) His wife leaves him.

10. What does Eugene do with some property he and Doralise shared?
(a) Signs it over to Doralise.
(b) Starts a school for freed blacks.
(c) Sell it to Oreline.
(d) Makes Gerant the heir to the property.

11. Who are Thany and Bet?
(a) Josephina's twin children.
(b) Two new field slaves at Rosedew.
(c) Philomene and Clement's twin children.
(d) Narcisse's new children.

12. What does Clement almost get caught in while on the river?
(a) A whirlpool.
(b) A sand bar.
(c) A log jam.
(d) Nothing.

13. Why does Clement throw a chair out of the boat?
(a) To hold on to and float.
(b) To test the current.
(c) To get the chair to shore.
(d) To lighten the boat.

14. What is Narcisse's body build?
(a) Pudgy.
(b) Extremely obese.
(c) Slender.
(d) Willowy.

15. Why does Joseph say he wants to buy Clement?
(a) For his blacksmith skills.
(b) To unite him with Philomene.
(c) He is an honest slave.
(d) To make him pay for the lost coon skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clement lose sight of when he gets to shore?

2. How does Philomene communicate with Gerant in Chapter 9?

3. What does Narcisse seem indifferent about when Clement comes and talks to him?

4. Where does Clement live in Chapter 13?

5. What do Clement and Philomene have permission to do?

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