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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day does the story open?
(a) Morning.
(b) Sundown.
(c) Night.
(d) Afternoon.

2. How could the tone of Chapter 1 be described?
(a) Humdrum.
(b) Ominous.
(c) Flat.
(d) Joyful.

3. Who does Louisa believe she will choose to marry?
(a) Tom.
(b) Bob.
(c) No one.
(d) Mr. Stone.

4. Tom listens to an old black man tell stories of white folks, cotton picking, and what?
(a) Civil War.
(b) Moonshining.
(c) Church revivals.
(d) Folklore.

5. Who represents an opportunity to escape a life of poverty for Louisa?
(a) Mr. Stone.
(b) Tom.
(c) No one.
(d) Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Louisa, who will tie her more closely to her current life of poverty if she marries this person?

2. What surrounds Louisa as she walks to her destination in Chapter 1

3. What does Tom do when the joking men laugh at him?

4. Where does Louisa work?

5. According to Tom, no man better try anything on Louisa - or what?

(see the answer key)

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