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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Suzette stop to check on Gerasime in Chapter 7?
(a) He was whipped by the overseer.
(b) She has the flu.
(c) He fell off the wagon and broke his leg.
(d) He has cancer.

2. Who is Joseph Ferrier?
(a) A man who is hired as the new overseer.
(b) A freed black who is in love with Suzette.
(c) A soldier who comes and ransacks the plantation.
(d) The man who Francoise arranges a marriage to for Oreline.

3. Why does Clement throw a chair out of the boat?
(a) To get the chair to shore.
(b) To test the current.
(c) To lighten the boat.
(d) To hold on to and float.

4. What relation is Narcisse to Oreline?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Aunt and niece.
(d) Cousins.

5. What is Elisabeth's job at the plantation?
(a) Cook.
(b) Scribe.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Suzette return to Oreline's homestead?

2. Why does Joseph say he wants to buy Clement?

3. What does Philomene glimpse as the cause of Clement's death?

4. What is Suzette about to do at the opening to Chapter 2?

5. With whom is Philomene in love in Chapter 8?

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