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

2. What happened to Malaik's parents?
(a) They ran away.
(b) They died.
(c) Nobody knows.
(d) They were arrested.

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

4. How does the blacksmith feel about the news Florens brings him?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is upset.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He is happy.

5. Why does Minha Mae give Florens away?
(a) She is not a hard worker.
(b) She is too hard to take care of.
(c) She needs a new experience.
(d) She would have been raped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florens walk home without?

2. Why is it strange for Florens to talk to someone as she walks home?

3. Who delivers Sorrow's baby on the farm?

4. Why did Minha Mae hate that Florens wore shoes?

5. How does Sorrow act towards her child when it is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Sorrow raised?

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

3. Why does Florens feel an urgency to write?

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

5. How did Minha Mae get pregnant with Florens?

6. What happens when Florens is left with Malaik?

7. How do the men slaves think Rebekka should save the farm?

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

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

10. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

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