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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 Sarah want to teach Frances?

2. What message is Mehuru delivering to villages in Chapter 2?

3. How does Josiah feel about Sir Charles's actions in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 16, how would Frances describe her first Christmas with The Cole's?

5. What does Josiah ask of Frances in their first letter correspondence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns the slaves about the way in which Died of Shame was buried?

2. How do Josiah and Frances help one another?

3. Why doesn't Josiah listen to Sarah when it comes to finances?

4. Describe Josiah's first interaction with Stephen Waring.

5. What is the Quayside Coffee Shop?

6. What causes Frances to feel tender towards Josiah?

7. What is Frances conflicted about when it comes to slavery?

8. Why do the slaves moan with "Died of Shame?"

9. How does Sarah feel about moving into a new home and away from their Quayside apartment?

10. What does Frances learn about the business through Sarah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stuart Hadley is considered a radical who fights for the abolition of slavery. Choose someone in history who was a radical, and compare this person to Stuart Hadley.

Essay Topic 2

Most societies have different levels of social class. Describe the social classes in the novel. Do you think we can live in a "classless" society?

Essay Topic 3

A Respectable Trade is the title of the novel and represents many "trades" that occur in the novel. Discuss trading that occurs in the novel and whether these examples can be deemed "respectable."

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