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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Clement almost get caught in while on the river?
(a) A log jam.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A sand bar.
(d) A whirlpool.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Philomene ask Suzette concerning Narcisse?
(a) If Narcisse was Francois' lover.
(b) If Narcisse is a kind man.
(c) If Philomene can do anything if Narcisse tries to rape her.
(d) If Narcisse is her brother.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Joseph Ferrier?

3. Who does Oreline buy?

4. What relation is Doralise Derbanne to Suzette?

5. What does Eugene do with some property he and Doralise shared?

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