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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. Why does the blacksmith travel without Florens?
(a) He is faster alone.
(b) He doesn't want to be alone with her.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She must watch his shop.

2. What strange thing do Willard and Scully see after Jacob's death?
(a) He rises from the dead.
(b) His spirit walking.
(c) His dead children.
(d) The moon hanging low.

3. How does Sorrow feel about her name?
(a) She tolerates it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She hates it.
(d) She is confused by it.

4. What was Florens going to use against the blacksmith?
(a) A horse shoe.
(b) A set of pliers.
(c) An axle.
(d) A hammer.

5. What does the blacksmith call Florens before she leaves his house?
(a) A sweet thing.
(b) A silly girl.
(c) A whore.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florens think about her life as she leaves the blacksmith's house?

2. How does Sorrow's father die?

3. What crops do the D'Ortegas grow?

4. How does Sorrow feel about the blacksmith after she has her baby?

5. What kind of doll does Malaik have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes the relationship between Florens and the black smith?

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

3. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

4. How does Scully try to help Florens after she comes back from the blacksmith's house?

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

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

7. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

8. How did Minha Mae get to the D'Ortega's land?

9. How did Minha Mae get pregnant with Florens?

10. What happens when Florens is left with Malaik?

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