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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 "Esther".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?
(a) They want to marry her.
(b) They want to protect her.
(c) They want to run her out of town.
(d) They want to possess her.

2. The Song of the Son is a song about whom?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Barlo.
(c) Love.
(d) Jesus.

3. How is Karintha's skin described?
(a) A river of chocolate.
(b) Dusk on the eastern horizon.
(c) Sweet as nectar.
(d) The color of newly plowed earth.

4. According to the cotton song, what is the salvation of Judgment Day?
(a) Freedom from slavery.
(b) Entrance into heaven.
(c) Absolution of sins.
(d) Eternal food.

5. Why did Carma take a lover?
(a) She hated Bane.
(b) She wanted attention.
(c) She was bored.
(d) She didn't take a lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what are the woman's muscles in "Face" compared?

2. For emphasis of the field workers' plight, what does Toomer use?

3. What type of tree is singing in the swamp as the men walk home from the sawmill?

4. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?

5. How does Esther think that men feel about her?

(see the answer key)

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