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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. What does Florens think of Rebekka's requests when she is back on the farm?
(a) They are strange.
(b) They are simple.
(c) They are not fair.
(d) They are men's work.

2. What does Florens use to write at the farm?
(a) A nail.
(b) Her finger.
(c) A stick.
(d) Charcoal.

3. What does Florens think about her life as she leaves the blacksmith's house?
(a) It is clear now.
(b) It is just beginning.
(c) It is worth nothing.
(d) It is over.

4. Who helps Sorrow while she is sick while pregnant on the farm?
(a) Rebekka.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Lina.
(d) The blacksmith.

5. What does Rebekka call Sorrow while she is sick?
(a) Ninny.
(b) Sissy.
(c) Slut.
(d) Retard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lina like to sleep when it is hot?

2. Why did Florens want to wear shoes?

3. Why doesn't Minha Mae give her son away?

4. Who does Rebekka say will cure her?

5. How does Minha Mae describe giving dominion over yourself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

2. Why did Minha Mae send Florens to the Vaark farm?

3. What does the blacksmith say when he comes to Rebekka's sick bed?

4. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

5. What does Florens choose to write about?

6. What is unique about how Florens writes what she chooses to write about?

7. What happens to the farm after Jacob dies?/

8. Why does Florens refuse to run away with Sorrow?

9. How does Sorrow act after her child is born?

10. How does Rebekka change in her treatment of Willard and Scully after Jacob dies?

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