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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Florens not think a spirit will protect her?

2. What does Florens say is a good sign from ancestors?

3. How does Lina act around the other slaves?

4. What illness does Rebekka have?

5. What did Jacob build for his new bride?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is strange about Lina's closest friendship?

2. What happens on the farm after Jacob dies?

3. How does Florens feel about the task she is given after Jacob's death?

4. Why does Lina end up waiting in the woods for Florens?

5. What do the Ney brothers do to Florens and Lina?

6. Why does Rebekka have no children?

7. How did Florens feel about the Vaark Farm when she first arrived there?

8. How were Rebekka's ideas of religion changed when she came to Virginia?

9. How does Florens show proof that she is not breaking any laws while she is heading to the blacksmith's house?

10. How did Rebekka's father feel about her as a young woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toni Morrison presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 3

There are many secrets made, kept, and divulged in this book. What are some of these secrets, and how does their placement in the plot affect the course of the plot and the characters involved in the secrets?

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