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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Byron when his father took him to a brothel?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

2. In Book 1, Chapter I, when is a wedding planned between Byron and Eugenie Duhon?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 1 1/2 years.
(c) 2 years from the past July.
(d) 2 years from the past June.

3. In Book 1, Chapter III, how old is Thisbe?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

4. In Book 1, Chapter IX, how long has Juliette Chatham been a widow?
(a) 1 1/2 years.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. What is served for dinner in Book 2, Chapter III?
(a) Pork chops.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Lamb chops.
(d) Salmon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Charlotte Therese succumbed to yellow fever?

2. In Book 1, Chapter X, who hired an attorney to bring a suit against Jane?

3. In Book 1, Chapter X, how long ago did Sylvie hope that Juliette and Lucien would marry?

4. What do Rosalie's neighbors in the quarters give her to make soup in Book 2, Chapter XVII?

5. How far is the Lavender Plantation from Let Petit Cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secrets do Byron and Pearce reveal to one another in Book 2, Chapter IV?

2. Who accosts Byron and Pearce at a bar after Byron picks up Pearce at the port?

3. Why do Marie and Louise not tell anyone that they think Byron and Pearce are sleeping together?

4. How does Jane come to stay with the Guilberts?

5. How does Sylvie compare Jane to her mother and sisters?

6. How does Sylvie feel about Blacks and mixed bloods who die of yellow fever?

7. Why is Thisbe worried when Madame sends her to Byron's room to take his letters?

8. Who is Byron and what is revealed about him?

9. What does Juliette tell Jane when she leaves her with the Guilberts?

10. How are Tuesdays a day of observance?

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