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

2. How could the tone of Chapter 1 be described?
(a) Humdrum.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Flat.
(d) Ominous.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Louisa work?

2. What time of day does the story open?

3. According to Louisa, why does Bob spend more time with her than Tom?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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