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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Upon whose largesse does Philomene say her family depends?
(a) Narcisse.
(b) Justice.
(c) Oreline.
(d) Eugene.

5. In Chapter 10, who does Philomene glimpse as missing from the family in the future?
(a) Elisabeth and Palmire.
(b) Gerasime and Gerant.
(c) Gerasime and Palmire.
(d) Gerant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suzette think when she is ill in Chapter 4?

2. How does Clement earn extra money?

3. What does Suzette say is all Eugene has done for her?

4. To whom is Suzette nursemaid?

5. What does Oreline tell Suzette when Oreline arrives on account of Francoise's death?

(see the answer key)

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