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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. How does Dr. Hadley feel about Mehuru and Frances's relationship?

2. What does Josiah's lawyer advise him to do when Josiah is summoned?

3. What does Josiah do that causes a law suit?

4. What happens when Mehuru wakes Frances to tell her about John?

5. In Chapter 18, what does Josiah tell Frances that worries her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Frances upset with her deceased parents?

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

3. How does Frances begin to view the slaves?

4. Why does Dr. Hadley think Mehuru and Frances's relationship is dangerous ?

5. How does Frances convince Josiah that the child needs to see a doctor?

6. Why does Mehuru want to be paid a wage?

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

8. How is Josiah able to get some of the merchants to order slaves of their own?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah is a protective and resentful woman. Analyze the character of Sarah and cite examples in which she exemplifies both resentment and protectiveness.

Essay Topic 2

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."

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel Josiah and Frances desire status. Comparing their desire for status to today's society, identify examples of what people consider proof of status today.

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