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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. What loses a wheel?

2. What was Mary's father's job?

3. What does Mary always do in the afternoon?

4. Where is "Home" for Mary, even though she has never been there?

5. Who discovered the body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary react to the first new servant?

2. What does Dick usually do when he fights with Mary?

3. How does Mary's perspective on her new life change?

4. Describe the Turners' reputation in the community.

5. Describe Mary's social life.

6. Why is it strange that no one discusses the murder?

7. Describe the state of Dick and Mary's romantic relationship.

8. How do people react to the newspaper article about the murder?

9. How does Mary feel after Dick shows her around the house?

10. What did people in Lobengula's kingdom do when they commit a crime? What is the custom for talking about African history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that serves as a plea for racial tolerance. Be sure to draw upon other major essays and papers on racial tolerance, bringing together a collection of ideas along with your own points into a coherent and compelling paper.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the history of the tobacco plant and its complicated relationship both with humanity and the characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the power relationship between Mary and Moses. Be sure to address:

1) How the relationship changes throughout the novel.

2) How Moses exercises power over Mary.

3) The greater themes and implications of the power relationship between Mary and Moses.

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