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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 begins to fade when Florens sees the blacksmith?

2. Why is it strange for Florens to talk to someone as she walks home?

3. How did Lina figure out what was wrong with Sorrow when she came to the farm?

4. Who finds Sorrow after her father dies?

5. How does Sorrow feel when Lina tells her something when she comes to the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Florens choose to write about?

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

5. Why is Sorrow brought to the Vaark farm?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The blacksmith was a minor character in this book who made a huge impact on the plot. How did he accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had he not been included in the story line?

Essay Topic 2

Toni Morrison presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the book and write about their dual natures and how this duality affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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