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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philomene see Clement doing at the opening of Chapter 16?
(a) Crying.
(b) Holding one of their daughters.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Feeding a baby squirrel.

2. What does Philomene stop doing at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Singing to the children.
(c) Smiling at any white person.
(d) Keeping the house pretty.

3. What is Narcisse's response to the increasingly unstable conditions in Chapter 22?
(a) He sells more slaves.
(b) He decides to enlist.
(c) He asks Oreline to marry him.
(d) He begins to hoard food and money.

4. What does Oreline say Philomene owes Oreline?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Money for years of room and board.
(c) Six months of work.
(d) A year for each year Oreline had Clement at the farm.

5. What is Philomene's response to Narcisse's decision?
(a) She tells him she's had a vision.
(b) She tells him he will not return.
(c) She tells him he will gain great honor.
(d) She tells him he is selfish.

6. What is Valery Houbre's occupation?
(a) Soldier.
(b) School teacher.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Blacksmith.

7. What does Philomene feel as she makes a realization about Clement in Chapter 16?
(a) Happy.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Uncertain.

8. What happens to Philomene when she is ill?
(a) She has a vision.
(b) She forgives Oreline.
(c) She goes blind.
(d) She puts a curse on Oreline.

9. With whom does Narcisse say Suzette can be placed?
(a) With a family in Virginia.
(b) With Narcisse's brother.
(c) Narcisse recommends freeing Suzette.
(d) Narcisse recommends not selling Suzette.

10. Why doesn't Narcisse join the regular army?
(a) He is blind in one eye.
(b) He says he is needed to run the plantation.
(c) He thinks the South will win in the first month of war.
(d) He believes slaves should be set free.

11. What do Narcisse and Oreline wait to tell Philomene until she is better?
(a) That Bet is dead but Thany has recovered.
(b) That both twins have died.
(c) That Oreline's son is dead.
(d) That Clement has drowned.

12. Why does Bet come into the store one day to talk to Emily?
(a) Bet likes one of the clerks.
(b) Bet is bored at home.
(c) Philomene sends Bet there to cheer up Emily.
(d) Emily asks her to help her with a display.

13. What is the result of Oreline and Philomene being left alone on the farm?
(a) Their roles become intertwined.
(b) Philomene forgives Oreline and they become like sisters.
(c) The two become rivals for the children's love.
(d) The two become rivals for power.

14. Why does Joseph move Emily to a house that is isolated on a tract of land?
(a) He thinks she is too uppity.
(b) He has married a white woman.
(c) He is angry that she has been with another man.
(d) He is worried about her safety.

15. What does Philomene want Joseph to do in Chapter 33?
(a) Take better care of Emily.
(b) Give more attention to his children.
(c) Not be ashamed to take Emily in public.
(d) Give more money to helping former slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Narcisse say Emily will not be forgiven?

2. With what does Philomene say her family's lives are filled?

3. For what is Oreline unprepared?

4. What are Joesph's cousins' response to the prospect of Emily living with Joseph as a lover?

5. What is the significance of Valery's age regarding the war?

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