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

2. What is Louisa doing as she walks to her destination in Chapter 1?
(a) Reading.
(b) Skipping.
(c) Humming.
(d) Crying.

3. What is the point of view of "Blood-Burning Moon"?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Second person.

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

5. Who represents an opportunity to escape a life of poverty for Louisa?
(a) Bob.
(b) No one.
(c) Mr. Stone.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom Burwell's nickname?

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

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

4. Where is Louisa returning to in Chapter 1?

5. What time of day does the story open?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Louisa want to commit to and why?

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

3. How do both Tom and Bob respond to rumors about Louisa and her relationship with the other?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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