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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Thany and Bet?

2. What is a major event that happens to Louis at the opening of Chapter 6?

3. What does the overseer recommend in Chapter 6 in order for Francoise to get some needed cash?

4. How old is Suzette at the opening of Chapter 3?

5. What is the year at the opening of Cane River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Suzette steal some eggs and take them to Palmire?

2. What does the overseer announce to Francoise one day?

3. What does Narcisse ask Tessier concerning Clement?

4. Of whom does Eugene Daurat remind Suzette?

5. What does Suzette say about her family after the slave auction?

6. Who is Suzette's father, and what does he do?

7. Of what is Philomene aware concerning her emerging womanhood?

8. What does Elisabeth urge Philomene to tell Clement?

9. What remark does Suzette make concerning Doralise's relationship with Eugene?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elisabeth urges Philomene to take what happiness she can find in life.

In what ways do the slaves find happiness in the system which controls and abuses them? Use examples from Cane River to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Elisabeth says that she knows any one of them - or all of them - could be sold at the whim of their owners. It's around this time that Suzette realizes that the childhood days of companionship with the white children are gone.

What are the reasons Suzette will not be able to play with the white children any longer and how does that impact her life? Use examples from Cane River to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Suzette at one point says that the only thing she got from Eugene was light-skinned children, and she sees this as a step toward a better life for her descendents than what she could otherwise give them.

Discuss the ways in which the system of slavery causes slaves to value lighter skin, especially in view of the fact that their oppressors are Caucasian. Use examples from Cane River to support your response.

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