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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 very ill.
(d) She is unhappy.

2. Why does Suzette stop to check on Gerasime in Chapter 7?
(a) He fell off the wagon and broke his leg.
(b) She has the flu.
(c) He was whipped by the overseer.
(d) He has cancer.

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

4. What is Clement preparing to do in Chapter 13?
(a) ame a new stallion.
(b) Take cotton to the market.
(c) Sneak out to see a horse race.
(d) Visit Philomene.

5. Why do the lives of the slaves improve in the time leading up to their being sold?
(a) Oreline demands that the overseer treat them better.
(b) A new overseer has been hired.
(c) The cruel overseer has been sold.
(d) They want the slaves to look good for the sale.

6. What does Eugene Daurat do that many of his family do not?
(a) Go to an Anglican church.
(b) Fox hunts.
(c) Live part-time in France.
(d) Speak English.

7. How does Philomene communicate with Gerant in Chapter 9?
(a) They are unable to communicate.
(b) Doralise carries notes back and forth.
(c) They talk to each other in church on Sundays.
(d) Suzette carries notes back and forth.

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

9. Why is Philomene glad Narcisse has remarried?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is less likely to bother Philomene.
(c) He is bossed around by his wife.
(d) He is moving to his wife's farm in Virginia.

10. What does Oreline tell Suzette when Oreline arrives on account of Francoise's death?
(a) She will buy Suzette and Philomene.
(b) She will set Suzette free.
(c) She will help Suzette escape to the North.
(d) She cannot buy any of the slaves.

11. Who is often loaned to other plantation to provide music?
(a) Suzette.
(b) Oreline.
(c) Gerasime.
(d) Elisabeth.

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

13. With whom is Philomene in love in Chapter 8?
(a) Clement.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Safir.
(d) Eugene.

14. Who is Joseph Ferrier?
(a) The man who Francoise arranges a marriage to for Oreline.
(b) A soldier who comes and ransacks the plantation.
(c) A man who is hired as the new overseer.
(d) A freed black who is in love with Suzette.

15. What is returned to Tessier that keeps him from selling Clement to Narcisse?
(a) The boat and furs.
(b) A satchel of money.
(c) Three escaped slaves.
(d) The barrels of oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Narcisse slightly in awe of Philomene?

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

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

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

5. What is the year at the opening to Chapter 2?

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