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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Eugene Daurat related?
(a) The Derbannes.
(b) Gerasime.
(c) No one else who appears in the novel.
(d) Elisabeth.

2. What role is difficult for Eugene in Chapter 9?
(a) Father of Philomene.
(b) Executioner for two slaves who tried to escape.
(c) Executor of Rosedew.
(d) Slave trader.

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

4. Who is Josephina?
(a) Oreline's daughter.
(b) Suzette's new daughter.
(c) Narcisse's sister.
(d) Oreline's sister-in-law.

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

6. What is the year at the opening to Chapter 2?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1810.

7. How does Clement earn extra money?
(a) As a blacksmith.
(b) Making bows.
(c) Selling his flutes.
(d) Playing the fiddle at dances.

8. How old is Suzette at the opening of Chapter 3?
(a) 13.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

9. 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.

10. What request does Oreline refuse that Suzette asks of her in Chapter 1?
(a) To help her escape.
(b) To teach her to read.
(c) To help her learn to write.
(d) To help her meet with a young man on a neighboring plantation.

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

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

13. Who buys Gerant?
(a) Jacques.
(b) Oreline.
(c) Eugene.
(d) No one wants him.

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

15. Where does Clement live in Chapter 13?
(a) With Philomene on her plantation.
(b) A plantation not far from Philomene
(c) Georgia.
(d) A plantation about fifty miles from Philomene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Clement throw a chair out of the boat?

2. What does Suzette do to Madame Derbanne's favorite roses the next morning after the opening of Cane River?

3. What does Suzette think when she is ill in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Madame Derbanne chastise at the beginning of the book?

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

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