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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Josiah seek from Frances?
(a) How to handle his sister.
(b) What he should invest in next.
(c) Advice on what to do with the Hot Well.
(d) Advice about Sir Charles.

2. Who does Mehuru tell Frances Cicero is?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Sarah's ex husband.
(c) A pagan.
(d) The slave Frances created.

3. With what money were the Cole's slaves purchased?
(a) With Josiah's inheritance.
(b) With the profits from The Rose.
(c) With a loan from Mr. Waring.
(d) With Frances's dowry.

4. Who has been caring for James?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Frances.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mehuru.

5. How does Dr. Hadley feel about Mehuru and Frances's relationship?
(a) He is worried for them both.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Excited for them.

6. What does Josiah take away from Sarah?
(a) Her bible.
(b) Her knitting.
(c) Her key to the house.
(d) The ships' books.

7. Why does Mehuru laugh when Frances tells him about Christianity?
(a) Because she burps.
(b) Because he thought it was a joke.
(c) Because she calls him a "free" slave.
(d) Because he does not believe her.

8. What has happened to Frances at the end of the novel?
(a) After Frances births Mehuru's son, she dies.
(b) She moves back to live with Lord Scott.
(c) She stays with Josiah as his dutiful wife.
(d) She and Mehuru are able to escape.

9. What does Mr. Shore want to buy from Josiah?
(a) Rum.
(b) Furniture and slaves.
(c) Ships.
(d) Cotton and wool.

10. What does Mehuru leave in Frances' bed at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Roses.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) A note.

11. What does Dr. Hadley tell Frances after she falls ill?
(a) Her lungs are infected.
(b) She has a heart murmur.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Josiah is dying.

12. What room in The Cole's house was considered neutral where everyone gathered?
(a) The library.
(b) Frances' room.
(c) The parlor.
(d) The kitchen.

13. What is Frances surprised to learn when she and Mehuru talk about Africa?
(a) Mehuru was a slave in Africa too.
(b) Mehuru is planning to go back.
(c) Mehuru has a large family.
(d) Mehuru's people do not make human sacrifice.

14. In Mehuru's homeland, what is the king called?
(a) Numero Uno.
(b) King.
(c) God.
(d) Alafin.

15. What does Mehuru envision when Elizabeth asks what is wrong with Frances?
(a) A murmur in her heart.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Small pox.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Lord Scott give Frances in his letter?

2. What begins to consume Josiah's thoughts?

3. How does Frances feel about owning slaves?

4. Where does Stephen Waring say is the fashionable place to be?

5. When Frances writes Lord Scott in Chapter 24, what does Frances ask in regard to her marriage?

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