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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 does Philomene think a jealous God might do?
(a) Take Clement in trade for her newborns.
(b) Nothing because she thinks God is not jealous of slaves.
(c) Kill her daughters also.
(d) Take away her happiness.

2. How old is Elisabeth when the census is being taken?
(a) 85.
(b) 72.
(c) 80.
(d) 97.

3. Why does Joseph move Emily to a house that is isolated on a tract of land?
(a) He has married a white woman.
(b) He is worried about her safety.
(c) He thinks she is too uppity.
(d) He is angry that she has been with another man.

4. What is the white community grumbling about according to Narcisse, Antoine and Joseph Ferrier?
(a) That Joseph has hired a negro bookkeeper.
(b) That Joseph is openly living with Emily.
(c) That Joseph tries to pass his children off as all white.
(d) That Joseph sent his cousins away.

5. What are Joesph's cousins' response to the prospect of Emily living with Joseph as a lover?
(a) They are derisive.
(b) They threaten Joseph with disinheritance.
(c) They are glad Joseph has found love.
(d) They tell Joseph he is tainting the family name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philomene realize as she see Clement in Chapter 16?

2. What number child is Emily pregnant with in Chapter 34?

3. What happens to Philomene when she is ill?

4. What does Garasime say is attached to the slaves after the assessors come?

5. What is Valery Houbre's occupation?

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