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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tom find Louisa when he stalks off to the factory town?
(a) Cooking in the kitchen.
(b) Lying in the cane field.
(c) Eating in a diner.
(d) Sitting on her porch.

2. What kind of relationship does Bob want to have with Louisa that he currently does not?
(a) A better relationship.
(b) A sexual relationship.
(c) An honest relationship.
(d) An open relationship.

3. What are the two workers joking about that Tom overhears?
(a) Mr. Stone's relationship with his wife.
(b) Mrs. Stone's relationship with Tom.
(c) Louisa's relationship with Bob.
(d) Bob's relationship with his mom.

4. What has Tom spent time in jail for?
(a) Theft.
(b) Kidnapping.
(c) Violence.
(d) Vagrancy.

5. Where does Bob stumble after getting his throat cut?
(a) Home.
(b) Tom's.
(c) Louisa's.
(d) Town.

6. How does Louisa respond to Tom's question about her and Bob?
(a) She begins to cry and asks forgiveness.
(b) She pretends that she doesn't know what he means.
(c) She tells him the truth about Bob.
(d) She exclaims that the stories are all lies.

7. How does Tom react to the joking workers?
(a) With sadness.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With mirth.
(d) With jealousy.

8. Where is Bob as Louisa and Tom talk about their relationship?
(a) On his way to work.
(b) On his way to Tom's house.
(c) On his way to meet Louisa.
(d) On his way to see his parents.

9. Who is at Louisa's house when Bob rushes there in a fury?
(a) Mr. Stone.
(b) No one.
(c) Mrs. Stone.
(d) Tom.

10. What does Tom do when the joking men laugh at him?
(a) He pulls a knife.
(b) He cries.
(c) He applauds.
(d) He runs away.

11. Why does Bob not believe the gossip about Louisa and Tom?
(a) Because he doesn't believe Louisa would jeopardize her job.
(b) Because he doesn't believe any gossip could be true.
(c) Because he doesn't believe Louisa would choose a black man instead of him.
(d) Because he doesn't believe Tom would choose Louisa instead of someone else.

12. How many chapters are in "Blood-Burning Moon"?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. According to Tom, why can he give Louisa what the white folks can?
(a) Because he is a hard-working, rich man.
(b) Because he is a good, honest man.
(c) Because he is an honest, just man.
(d) Because he is a good, hard-working man.

14. According to Tom, no man better try anything on Louisa - or what?
(a) They will end up on the end of his patience.
(b) They will end up on the ground.
(c) They will end up with his fist.
(d) They will end up on the end of his knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louisa's mood like at the end of "Blood-Burning Moon"?

2. Where is Louisa at the end of the story?

3. According to Bob, what could he have done in the time of masters and slaves?

4. What did Louisa's neighbors used to listen to?

5. After getting his throat cut, what does Bob tell the white people he meets?

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