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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. How could the tone of Chapter 1 be described?
(a) Humdrum.
(b) Flat.
(c) Ominous.
(d) Joyful.
2. Who does Louisa believe she will choose to marry?
(a) Mr. Stone.
(b) Tom.
(c) No one.
(d) Bob.
3. What is the point of view of "Blood-Burning Moon"?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person limited.
4. Where does Louisa work?
(a) At Mr. and Mrs. Stone's home.
(b) At Mr. Smith's apartment.
(c) At Mrs. Seeley's factory.
(d) At Mr. and Mrs. Sully's store.
5. According to Louisa, why does Bob spend more time with her than Tom?
(a) Tom spends his days away in the fields.
(b) Tom is married to someone else.
(c) Tom has to care for his sick mother.
(d) Tom lives in another city.
Short Answer Questions
1. What literary genre does Toomer NOT employ in "Blood-Burning Moon"?
2. What surrounds Louisa as she walks to her destination in Chapter 1
3. What is the name of Louisa's employers' son?
4. Where is Louisa when Bob arrives at their meeting place in Chapter 1?
5. According to Louisa, who will tie her more closely to her current life of poverty if she marries this person?
Short Essay Questions
1. What literary genres does Toomer employ in "Cane" and why is it significant?
2. What does Tom tell Louisa when he finds her after leaving the campfire and how is it significant?
3. Why are the men at the campfire afraid of Tom?
4. Who does Louisa want to commit to and why?
5. What is Tom doing at the campfire as Chapter 2 begins, and how is it significant?
6. What is the setting of "Blood-Burning Moon"?
7. "Cane," the novel from which "Blood-Burning Moon" is included, is credited with ushering in what important social movement?
8. What happens when Bob arrives at Louisa's house and discovers Tom? How is it significant?
9. What is Bob doing as Tom and Louisa talk on her porch and why is it significant?
10. Why does the mob lynch Tom?
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