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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 do Mehuru and Frances discover when they go for a carriage ride?

2. What does Josiah say would happen to their income if slavery was banned?

3. What does Josiah realize when he visits the Hot Well?

4. What does Josiah tell Sarah about The Rose?

5. What does Mehuru envision when Elizabeth asks what is wrong with Frances?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How will Sarah react now that she is no longer allowed to do the bookkeeping?

5. Why is Sarah against giving the dead slave a proper burial?

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

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

8. Why is Frances upset with her deceased parents?

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

10. How does Josiah feel about the Merchant Venturers once they drop the charges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used throughout the novel. Cite three examples of foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 2

The women in the novel all show they have different capabilities, but because of the time period women are not given power. Discuss the roles that at least three women play in the novel. How would the novel have been different if women were empowered?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the different social classes. For major characters identify which social class they are a part of.

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