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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joseph say he wants to buy Clement?
(a) To unite him with Philomene.
(b) He is an honest slave.
(c) To make him pay for the lost coon skins.
(d) For his blacksmith skills.

2. Who does Jacques Tessier buy?
(a) Clement and his mother.
(b) Gerant and Philomene.
(c) Palmire and Suzette.
(d) No one.

3. Why does Oreline refuse Suzette's request in Chapter 1?
(a) She is afraid of being sold.
(b) She is mean hearted
(c) She does not know how to write either.
(d) She is unwilling to hide anything from her aunt and uncle.

4. Who does Madame Derbanne chastise at the beginning of the book?
(a) Monsieur Derbanne.
(b) Elisabeth.
(c) Gerasime.
(d) Narcisse.

5. What does Suzette slip out to the slave quarters to give Palmire in Chapter 7?
(a) Money.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Francoise's bequest to buy back Palmire's children.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buys Gerant?

2. To whom is Eugene Daurat related?

3. Who goes to Elisabeth after having a "glimpsing"?

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

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

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