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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 Frances want to do for James?

2. Where does Josiah decide to sleep at night?

3. What has happened to Frances at the end of the novel?

4. What happens when Lord Scott tells Mehuru to put on his collar?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Josiah take the bookkeeping away from Sarah?

2. How does Frances stall when it comes to selling the slaves?

3. What does Mehuru mean when he says, "Cicero was born here."

4. How does Mehuru and Frances's intimacy change their relationship?

5. How does Lord Scott respond to Frances's letter about her relationship issues?

6. Describe Stephen Waring.

7. Why does Josiah continue to make risky business decisions and borrow money against The Rose?

8. Why does Frances write to her uncle about her love problems even though she disguises herself as an acquaintance?

9. Why is Frances afraid to allow herself to love Mehuru?

10. What does Frances's last will and testament reveal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah and Frances share a lot throughout the novel. Although they have some similarities, they are extremely different. Discuss these similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Irony occurs throughout the novel. Cite three examples of irony.

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