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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 Suzette say is all Eugene has done for her?
(a) Given her light-skinned children.
(b) Taught her to read and write.
(c) Given her freedom upon his death.
(d) Allowed her to keep being a house slave.

2. What does Narcisse say Oreline has to do because of financial difficulties?
(a) Marry again quickly.
(b) Sell the farm.
(c) Plant more acres.
(d) Sell some slaves.

3. What does Narcisse seem indifferent about when Clement comes and talks to him?
(a) His best horse has foundered.
(b) Clement's marriage to Philomene.
(c) The loss of the boat.
(d) The loss of the bear skins.

4. What does Philomene realize about Suzette in Chapter 9?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) She is planning to escape to the North.
(c) She is unhappy.
(d) She is very ill.

5. What causes Clement to drown?
(a) His horse throws him as they are crossing the river.
(b) He is knocked unconscious by a sail boom.
(c) He gets caught under a rock in the river.
(d) He is bitten by a snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Thany and Bet?

2. Upon whose largesse does Philomene say her family depends?

3. What does Philomene stop doing at the end of Chapter 17?

4. What gift has Clement been making in Chapter 13?

5. Why is Narcisse better off than some plantation owners?

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