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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the white people do after seeing Bob with his throat cut?
(a) Form a mob and burn the town.
(b) Form a mob and shoot Tom.
(c) Form a mob and lynch Tom.
(d) Form a mob and protest in the street.

2. What does Bob hear the men talking about at the campfire?
(a) What Mr. Stone will do to Louisa when he finds out about Bob and Louisa.
(b) What Mr. Stone will do to Bob when he finds out about Bob and Louisa.
(c) What Bob will do to Tom if he finds out about Tom and Louisa.
(d) What Tom will do to Bob if he finds out about Bob and Louisa.

3. 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 see his parents.
(d) On his way to meet Louisa.

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

5. What is Louisa's mood like at the end of "Blood-Burning Moon"?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Angry.
(c) Elated.
(d) Stunned.

6. After getting his throat cut, what does Bob tell the white people he meets?
(a) That Tom is responsible.
(b) That Louisa left him.
(c) That he killed Louisa.
(d) That he loves Louisa.

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

8. 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 end of his knife.
(c) They will end up on the ground.
(d) They will end up with his fist.

9. Where are Louisa's neighbors at the end of the story?
(a) Protesting in the street.
(b) Working in the field.
(c) Nowhere to be found.
(d) Comforting Louisa.

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

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

12. 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 Tom would choose Louisa instead of someone else.
(c) Because he doesn't believe Louisa would choose a black man instead of him.
(d) Because he doesn't believe any gossip could be true.

13. Where is Louisa at the end of the story?
(a) Sitting on her porch.
(b) Caring for Bob.
(c) At work.
(d) In the field with Tom.

14. According to Bob, why is his dream of a different relationship with Louisa NOT possible?
(a) Because of his parents and friends up north.
(b) Because of his friends and colleagues down south.
(c) Because of Louisa's desire to leave town.
(d) Because of Louisa's engagement to Tom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom listens to an old black man tell stories of white folks, cotton picking, and what?

2. What two symbols are dominant in "Blood-Burning Moon"?

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

4. What kind of relationship does Bob want to have with Louisa that he currently does not?

5. According to Tom, why can he give Louisa what the white folks can?

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