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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what was Philomene afraid Narcisse would interfere?
(a) Being freed.
(b) Being sold to Clement's owner.
(c) What she names her new daughter.
(d) Marrying Clement.

3. What does Suzette say about Doralise when talking to Philomene?
(a) Doralise is sad.
(b) Doralise is pregnant.
(c) Doralise is generous.
(d) Doralise manipulates situations to her benefit only.

4. What upsets Oreline about her aunt's actions to get money?
(a) That she is trying to get Oreline to marry a wealthy gambler.
(b) That she sold Palmire's children.
(c) That she is flirting with a man of dubious reputation.
(d) That she won't sell some of the fallow acres.

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

6. What is Elisabeth's job at the plantation?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Scribe.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Cook.

7. Why does Suzette send word to the slave quarters the minute Francoise dies?
(a) So they can put in motion their plans to escape.
(b) So they can prepare for any consequences of Francoise's death.
(c) So they can quit working.
(d) So they can don black armbands.

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

9. What does Garasime say is attached to the slaves after the assessors come?
(a) A scar.
(b) A taint.
(c) A future.
(d) A price.

10. In Chapter 10, who does Philomene glimpse as missing from the family in the future?
(a) Gerasime and Palmire.
(b) Gerasime and Gerant.
(c) Elisabeth and Palmire.
(d) Gerant.

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

12. What does Philomene glimpse as the cause of Clement's death?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Old age.
(c) Gunshot.
(d) Broken neck.

13. What gift has Clement been making in Chapter 13?
(a) A cradle.
(b) A snuff box.
(c) A rocking horse.
(d) A rocking chair.

14. What does Clement lose sight of when he gets to shore?
(a) His brother.
(b) Some barrels of oil.
(c) The boat.
(d) The chair.

15. Of what does Narcisse's wife die?
(a) Rabies.
(b) Cholera.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) T.B.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buys Gerant?

2. What has Madame Derbanne just done to Suzette as the book opens?

3. What is Suzette about to do at the opening to Chapter 2?

4. What would happen if Suzette and Nicholas marry?

5. What does Narcisse seem indifferent about when Clement comes and talks to him?

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