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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. What is Tom Burwell's nickname?
(a) Big Burr.
(b) Big Tom.
(c) Little Tom.
(d) Little Burr.

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

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

4. What literary genre does Toomer NOT employ in "Blood-Burning Moon"?
(a) Lyrical narratives.
(b) Prose poems.
(c) Biography.
(d) Poetry.

5. Who does Louisa believe is about to propose to her in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Stone.
(b) Tom.
(c) Bob.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the novel that "Blood-Burning Moon" appears?

2. How many men is Louisa involved with?

3. How could the tone of Chapter 1 be described?

4. Where is Louisa when Bob arrives at their meeting place in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Louisa supposed to meet in an hour as she walks to her destination in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bob arrives at Louisa's house and discovers Tom? How is it significant?

2. "Cane," the novel from which "Blood-Burning Moon" is included, is credited with ushering in what important social movement?

3. What does Tom tell Louisa when he finds her after leaving the campfire and how is it significant?

4. How does Bob incite a mob to go after Tom?

5. What is Bob doing as Tom and Louisa talk on her porch and why is it significant?

6. What is the tone of "Blood-Burning Moon" as Chapter 1 opens and why is it significant?

7. What is the setting of "Blood-Burning Moon"?

8. What does Tom overhear at the campfire that upsets him?

9. How is the title of "Blood-Burning Moon" symbolic?

10. Why does the mob lynch Tom?

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