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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Joseph's cousins assume when they come to live with him and Emily?
(a) That Emily's family are all dead.
(b) That Emily has bewitched Joseph
(c) That Emily is their servant.
(d) That Joseph is looking for a wife.

2. Why is Joseph's barn burned?
(a) The cows have hoof and mouth.
(b) Because Joseph plans to marry Emily.
(c) Because the pigs have a disease.
(d) Because Joseph is living with Emily.

3. Why does Suzette send word to the slave quarters the minute Francoise dies?
(a) So they can prepare for any consequences of Francoise's death.
(b) So they can quit working.
(c) So they can put in motion their plans to escape.
(d) So they can don black armbands.

4. What is the significance of the dinner for Emily and her guest?
(a) It is Suzette's birthday.
(b) It is the anniversary of the ending of the civil war.
(c) It signifies that she and her guest are in an official relationship.
(d) It is Emily's birthday.

5. What happens to Philomene when she is ill?
(a) She has a vision.
(b) She puts a curse on Oreline.
(c) She forgives Oreline.
(d) She goes blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph ask Philomene to give him?

2. How many children has Narcisse fathered over recent years?

3. What is said of Valery Houbre's children?

4. With what mentality does Emily think the older women in her family live?

5. How much time has passed in Chapter 7 since Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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