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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. Who is Florens never able to understand?

2. What does Sorrow's imaginary friend do that makes her happy?

3. What did Minha Mae always want to make Florens understand?

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

5. What does Florens walk home without?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Florens choose to write about?

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

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

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

5. What does the blacksmith say when he comes to Rebekka's sick bed?

6. Why does Sorrow want to run away?

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

8. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

9. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

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

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

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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