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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. Where do men say Jacob was the happiest in his life?
(a) On the road.
(b) His farm.
(c) His ship.
(d) In the fields.

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

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

4. What did Minha Mae always want to make Florens understand?
(a) Why she sent her away.
(b) Why she didn't come with here.
(c) Where she came from.
(d) How to make a difference.

5. What does the blacksmith do when he returns to his home with Florens there?
(a) Slaps Florens.
(b) Kisses Florens.
(c) Goes to bed.
(d) Slaps Malaik.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who harms Sorrow in the first house she is in after her father dies?

2. What does Sorrow name her baby?

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

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

5. What does Rebekka call Sorrow while she is sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Florens choose to write about?

2. Why does Florens feel an urgency to write?

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

4. How was Sorrow raised?

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

6. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

7. How are Willard and Scully different from the other slaves on the Vaark farm?

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

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

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

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