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

2. What does Florens write on at the farm?
(a) Garbage.
(b) A board.
(c) Receipts.
(d) Corn husks.

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

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

5. Who finds Sorrow after her father dies?
(a) A sawyer's wife.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A soldier.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Minha Mae hope to trick her captors?

3. Why was Minha Mae so confused when she was sold?

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

5. How does Malaik treat Florens?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

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

4. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

5. Why did Minha Mae not like when Florens wore shoes?

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

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

8. How did Minha Mae get pregnant with Florens?

9. What does Florens choose to write about?

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

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