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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 Oreline say Philomene owes Oreline?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Six months of work.
(c) A year for each year Oreline had Clement at the farm.
(d) Money for years of room and board.

2. Who does Elisabeth encounter one day and feed him leftovers?
(a) Her son that she was forced to leave behind years earlier.
(b) A white preacher.
(c) An elderly black man who remembers Africa.
(d) A young woman who knows Clement.

3. Who owns Billes General Store?
(a) Philomene.
(b) Yellow John.
(c) Narcisse.
(d) Joseph.

4. Why is Philomene glad Narcisse has remarried?
(a) He is bossed around by his wife.
(b) He is less likely to bother Philomene.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is moving to his wife's farm in Virginia.

5. What happens to Oreline's son in 1862?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is drafted as a drummer boy.
(c) He inherits his father's farm.
(d) He decides to enlist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Narcisse say Emily will not be forgiven?

2. What does Philomene feel as she makes a realization about Clement in Chapter 16?

3. What does Philomene want Joseph to do in Chapter 33?

4. What is one thing the slaves receive for Christmas in Chapter 3?

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

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