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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 say is clear as she leaves the blacksmith's house?

2. How does Sorrow feel about her name?

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

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

5. Why doesn't Minha Mae give her son away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the farm after Jacob dies?/

4. Why does Florens choose to write about something?

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

6. What was different about Florens after her trip to the blacksmith's house?

7. How does Florens describe Rebekka after she recovers?

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

9. Who is Malaik?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Training and education are topics of discussion in this book. Where do these topics appear in this book, and what affect do they have on the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot, and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 3

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Fox have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

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