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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. What is Florens covered in when she returns from the blacksmith's house?

2. How does Rebekka try to get rid of Sorrow?

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

4. Why did Minha Maw want Florens to learn letters?

5. Why does Minha Mae give Florens away?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sorrow want to run away?

3. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

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

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 Rebekka change in her treatment of Willard and Scully after Jacob dies?

8. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

9. How was Sorrow raised?

10. Why did Minha Mae send Florens to the Vaark farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a central theme of this book. What are the main friendships, and how did their inclusion in this book affect the outcome of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How did the themes of slavery and freedom interconnect and move this plot along?

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