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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 does Florens write on at the farm?

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

3. What does Florens call the situation when Vaark takes Florens?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rebekka spend much of her time doing after she is healed, and why is this strange?

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

4. How does Rebekka change in her treatment of Willard and Scully after Jacob dies?

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

6. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

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

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

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

10. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a major motivating factor for a number of characters in this book. Which characters are most affected by this, and what are some of the different ways this fear is manifested?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

Essay Topic 3

How does Rebekka change after her illness, and what do you think caused these changes? Please cite information from the text to support your ideas.

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