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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Tom as Chapter 2 opens?
(a) Eating downtown.
(b) Working in the field.
(c) Sitting around a campfire.
(d) Sleeping at home.

2. Why does Tom cut Bob's throat?
(a) Because he stole money.
(b) Because he spread rumors.
(c) Because he is white.
(d) Because he started a fight.

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

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

5. What two symbols are dominant in "Blood-Burning Moon"?
(a) Water and air.
(b) Fire and water.
(c) Blood and air.
(d) Blood and fire.

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

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

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. 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, hard-working man.
(c) Because he is an honest, just man.
(d) Because he is a good, honest man.

10. 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 Tom will do to Bob if he finds out about Bob and Louisa.
(c) What Mr. Stone will do to Bob when he finds out about Bob and Louisa.
(d) What Bob will do to Tom if he finds out about Tom and Louisa.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Tom spent time in jail for?

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

3. What are the two workers joking about that Tom overhears?

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

5. Where is Bob as Louisa and Tom talk about their relationship?

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