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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sorrow's father's job?
(a) Captain.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Slave.
(d) Trader.

2. Where was Sorrow raised?
(a) A farm.
(b) A desert.
(c) A beach.
(d) A ship.

3. Who did Minha Mae talk to about her rape?
(a) Reverend Father.
(b) Lina.
(c) Senhora.
(d) God.

4. What makes the blacksmith bleed when Florens fights with him?
(a) Her teeth.
(b) A hammer.
(c) The tongs.
(d) A knife.

5. What does Rebekka spend most of her time doing when Florens returns?
(a) Walking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Praying.
(d) Reading.

6. Who dug Jacob's grave?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Nobody.
(c) The doctor.
(d) His slaves.

7. How did Lina figure out what was wrong with Sorrow when she came to the farm?
(a) Jacob told her.
(b) She had a dream.
(c) She read it in a book.
(d) She knew the signs.

8. How does Malaik treat Florens?
(a) He did what she asked.
(b) He threw things at her.
(c) He clung to her.
(d) He wouldn't look at her.

9. Why doesn't Minha Mae give her son away?
(a) She needs someone to stay with her.
(b) He is just a baby.
(c) He will be strong.
(d) He won't get raped.

10. Why don't Rebekka let Lina sleep where she likes when it is hot?
(a) It is not in the Bible.
(b) She might run away.
(c) It is for savages.
(d) She might get sick.

11. Why isn't Sorrow allowed to use something?
(a) Rebekka doesn't like the baby.
(b) It is always used by someone else.
(c) She might break it.
(d) She is not well.

12. Why did Reverend Father agree to teach Florens to read?
(a) He wanted to marry Florens.
(b) It made Minha Mae happy.
(c) It is what God would have wanted.
(d) He liked to break rules.

13. Why was Minha Mae so confused when she was sold?
(a) The men who sold her were black.
(b) She didn't know she was a slave.
(c) It was during the harvest.
(d) She was pregnant.

14. How does Sorrow's father die?
(a) A shipwreck.
(b) An attack.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Disease.

15. What does Florens say about those who claim rule over her?
(a) She was meant to be with them.
(b) She owes them her life.
(c) She is nothing to them.
(d) She doesn't have to follow them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the blacksmith travel without Florens?

2. Who does Florens talk to as she walks home?

3. What does Lina write when she is back at the farm?

4. Why won't Florens run away with Sorrow?

5. What does Florens say her mother would love about her now?

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