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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Joseph and Josephine?
(a) Oreline's twin cousins.
(b) Oreline's children from her first marriage.
(c) Philamone's second set of twins.
(d) Oreline's just-born set of twins from her marriage with Valery.

2. Who goes to Elisabeth after having a "glimpsing"?
(a) Gerant.
(b) Suzette.
(c) Philomene.
(d) Palmire.

3. What does Suzette think when she is ill in Chapter 4?
(a) She has typhus.
(b) She has yellow fever.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. How much time has passed in Chapter 7 since Chapter 6?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 10 years.

5. In Chapter 8, what do Gerasime and Elisabeth say they will not do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Curse God.
(c) Seek a new mate.
(d) Leave the plantation alive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elisabeth know about Suzette and Nicholas in Chapter 2?

3. Why is Clement bruising by the time he gets to Philomene in Chapter 15?

4. Of what does Narcisse's wife die?

5. What does Clement lose sight of when he gets to shore?

(see the answer key)

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