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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 the name of Louisa's employers' son?
(a) Bob.
(b) Sal.
(c) Tom.
(d) Mark.

2. Louisa is described as having what kind of skin color in Chapter 1?
(a) Mottled.
(b) White.
(c) Light.
(d) Dark.

3. Where is Louisa when Bob arrives at their meeting place in Chapter 1?
(a) She is downtown.
(b) She is at work.
(c) She is at home.
(d) She is at school.

4. Where is Louisa returning to in Chapter 1?
(a) Home.
(b) Field.
(c) Work.
(d) School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men is Louisa involved with?

2. What is the point of view of "Blood-Burning Moon"?

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

4. Who represents an opportunity to escape a life of poverty for Louisa?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Point of View of "Blood-Burning Moon" and why is it significant?

2. Why does Bob look back on slavery with nostalgia?

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

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

5. How is Jean Toomer's racial background significant?

6. Why is Louisa reluctant to make a decision about which man she should choose?

7. What is Toomer's educational background and how is it significant?

8. Why are the men at the campfire afraid of Tom?

9. What is Louisa thinking about as she walks home in the opening scene of Chapter 1 and why is it significant?

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

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