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

2. What does Lina tell Sorrow when she comes to the farm?

3. What disease does Sorrow get while she is pregnant on the farm?

4. What does Florens say her mother would love about her now?

5. Why won't Florens run away with Sorrow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What protected Sorrow when her father died?

2. Why did Minha Mae not like when Florens wore shoes?

3. How does Florens describe Rebekka after she recovers?

4. What does Mina Mae say about her ship voyage?

5. How did Minha Mae get pregnant with Florens?

6. Why does Sorrow want to run away?

7. Why does Florens feel an urgency to write?

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

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

10. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Toni Morrison. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

The pursuit of happiness was a common theme found in this book. What parts of the plot embodied this theme, and how did that pursuit affect the characters involved?

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