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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What about Philomene is dangerous for her in Chapter 11?
(a) Her ability to read.
(b) Her desire for freedom.
(c) Her outspoken nature.
(d) Her emerging womanhood.

6. Upon how many different plantations do Suzette's family members live in Chapter 9?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

7. Why is Narcisse slightly in awe of Philomene?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her ability to wrap her father around her finger.
(c) Her glimpses.
(d) Her beauty.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Following Francoise’s death, who does Doralise promise to try to help?
(a) Gerant.
(b) Palmire.
(c) Philomene.
(d) Gerasime.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suzette say about the relationship between Doralise and Philippe?

2. What does Philomene glimpse as the cause of Clement's death?

3. What does the overseer recommend in Chapter 6 in order for Francoise to get some needed cash?

4. Who is often loaned to other plantation to provide music?

5. What does Elisabeth know about Suzette and Nicholas in Chapter 2?

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