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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. Who is Josephina?
(a) Oreline's sister-in-law.
(b) Oreline's daughter.
(c) Narcisse's sister.
(d) Suzette's new daughter.

2. What relation is Narcisse to Oreline?
(a) Aunt and niece.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Siblings.

3. What about Philomene is dangerous for her in Chapter 11?
(a) Her outspoken nature.
(b) Her desire for freedom.
(c) Her ability to read.
(d) Her emerging womanhood.

4. What role is difficult for Eugene in Chapter 9?
(a) Executor of Rosedew.
(b) Father of Philomene.
(c) Executioner for two slaves who tried to escape.
(d) Slave trader.

5. Who is often loaned to other plantation to provide music?
(a) Elisabeth.
(b) Suzette.
(c) Oreline.
(d) Gerasime.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Eugene Daurat related?

2. Who are Thany and Bet?

3. Who is Joseph Ferrier?

4. What does Suzette think when she is ill in Chapter 4?

5. Who buys Gerant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joseph Ferrier agree to do after Suzette talks to Oreline in Chapter 14?

2. What does Oreline say upon learning of Suzette's pregnancy, and what is Suzette's response?

3. What does Suzette ask Doralise concerning Gerant, and what is Doralise's reply?

4. Of whom does Eugene Daurat remind Suzette?

5. How does Philomene feel about Narcisse's marriage?

6. What is Suzette's job in the household, and how does that affect her life?

7. What do the slaves receive for Christmas?

8. What do Garasime and Elisabeth say about the slave auction?

9. How does Elisabeth treat Suzette after Suzette gives birth to Gerant?

10. With whom is Suzette enamored, but what is her mother's response to that?

(see the answer keys)

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