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

3. What is Narcisse's body build?
(a) Extremely obese.
(b) Pudgy.
(c) Willowy.
(d) Slender.

4. Who does Jacques Tessier buy?
(a) Palmire and Suzette.
(b) Gerant and Philomene.
(c) No one.
(d) Clement and his mother.

5. What is a major event that happens to Louis at the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) He is promoted to a Governorship.
(b) He dies.
(c) He goes bankrupt.
(d) His wife leaves him.

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

7. To whom is Suzette nursemaid?
(a) Narcisse.
(b) Oreline.
(c) Gerasime.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

11. How does Palmire communicate?
(a) Psychically.
(b) Just like everyone else.
(c) Writing.
(d) With gestures.

12. What does Eugene do with some property he and Doralise shared?
(a) Sell it to Oreline.
(b) Signs it over to Doralise.
(c) Starts a school for freed blacks.
(d) Makes Gerant the heir to the property.

13. What does Philomene do when Clement arrives?
(a) Hides.
(b) Slips away and makes love with him.
(c) Takes care of his young son.
(d) Slaps him.

14. What is Suzette's relationship to Palmire and Apphia?
(a) Cousins.
(b) She does not know either of them.
(c) Just friends.
(d) Siblings.

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