View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of Louisa's employer?

2. What is Louisa doing as she walks to her destination in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Louisa work?

4. How many men is Louisa involved with?

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the mob lynch Tom?

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

10. What is Tom doing at the campfire as Chapter 2 begins, and how is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the tone of "Blood-Burning Moon." Describe the tone and how it affects the story's overall meaning.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following conflicts in "Blood-Burning Moon."

1) The conflict between Louisa and herself.

2) The conflict between Tom and Bob.

3) The conflict between the white and black communities.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss blood as a symbol in the story.

1) What is the significance of the title?

2) Where does blood appear and in what context?

3) What is the meaning of blood?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 522 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample