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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 happens to Elisabeth in Chapter 34?
(a) She dies.
(b) She has a stroke and is bedridden.
(c) She is given a surprise party.
(d) Oreline takes her into Oreline's home.

2. Why doesn't Narcisse join the regular army?
(a) He is blind in one eye.
(b) He believes slaves should be set free.
(c) He thinks the South will win in the first month of war.
(d) He says he is needed to run the plantation.

3. What does Suzette say about the relationship between Doralise and Philippe?
(a) It is deteriorating.
(b) It is blissful.
(c) It is romantic.
(d) It is lopsided.

4. With what does Philomene say her family's lives are filled?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) Unusual good luck.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Hard work.

5. Who is Mina?
(a) Oreline's niece who is now living with them.
(b) Valery's niece.
(c) Valery's daughter.
(d) Orelines biological daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joseph move Emily to a house that is isolated on a tract of land?

2. What do Joseph's cousins assume when they come to live with him and Emily?

3. What do Narcisse and Oreline wait to tell Philomene until she is better?

4. What does Emily admit concerning Elisabeth?

5. In Chapter 10, who does Philomene glimpse as missing from the family in the future?

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