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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Suzette's relationship to Palmire and Apphia?
(a) Siblings.
(b) She does not know either of them.
(c) Just friends.
(d) Cousins.

2. What is Suzette about to do at the opening to Chapter 2?
(a) Steal a few coins.
(b) Be confirmed.
(c) Run away.
(d) Meet a boy on a neighboring plantation.

3. What has Madame Derbanne just done to Suzette as the book opens?
(a) Slapped her.
(b) Cut her hair.
(c) Bandaged a wound.
(d) Whipped her.

4. What request does Oreline refuse that Suzette asks of her in Chapter 1?
(a) To help her escape.
(b) To help her learn to write.
(c) To teach her to read.
(d) To help her meet with a young man on a neighboring plantation.

5. What does Suzette do to Madame Derbanne's favorite roses the next morning after the opening of Cane River?
(a) Tears off all the flowers.
(b) Waters them.
(c) Pees on them.
(d) Prunes them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Madame Derbanne chastise at the beginning of the book?

2. Who is often loaned to other plantation to provide music?

3. What is Elisabeth's job at the plantation?

4. What would happen if Suzette and Nicholas marry?

5. To whom is Suzette nursemaid?

(see the answer key)

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