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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 year does Narcisse decide to join the war effort?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1863.

2. What does the overseer recommend in Chapter 6 in order for Francoise to get some needed cash?
(a) Find a wealthy man to marry.
(b) Sell some slaves.
(c) Rotate among more crops.
(d) Plant cotton in more of the acreage.

3. What does Eugene Daurat do that many of his family do not?
(a) Fox hunts.
(b) Go to an Anglican church.
(c) Speak English.
(d) Live part-time in France.

4. In Chapter 4, with whom does Eugene move in?
(a) His brother.
(b) Suzette.
(c) Doralise.
(d) Oreline.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suzette pretend in front of Francoise in Chapter 7?

2. Why is Joseph's barn burned?

3. How many slaves must a man own in order to be draft exempt?

4. What is the year at the opening of Cane River?

5. Why do the lives of the slaves improve in the time leading up to their being sold?

(see the answer key)

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