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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Valery's age regarding the war?
(a) He is exempt from serving in the military.
(b) He is too young to command a company.
(c) He is only allowed to be with the medical corps.
(d) There is nothing significant about Valery's age.

3. Of what does Narcisse say Emily will not be forgiven?
(a) For forgetting her place.
(b) For insulting his future wife.
(c) For refusing to marry who Narcisse wants her to marry.
(d) For refusing to sit in the presence of his white children.

4. For what concession is Gerant willing to work any amount asked of him?
(a) That Melantine does not work in the fields.
(b) That Gerant's son goes to college.
(c) That Melantine is allowed to choose where she works.
(d) That Gerant's daughters go to school.

5. Who owns Billes General Store?
(a) Yellow John.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Philomene.
(d) Narcisse.

6. What are Joesph's cousins' response to the prospect of Emily living with Joseph as a lover?
(a) They are derisive.
(b) They tell Joseph he is tainting the family name.
(c) They threaten Joseph with disinheritance.
(d) They are glad Joseph has found love.

7. Why is Narcisse better off than some plantation owners?
(a) He still has some cotton.
(b) He was not injured in the war.
(c) His slaves respect him.
(d) His home is still standing.

8. What does Philomene say Emily is doing with Narcisse when Emily is 10?
(a) Reading to him.
(b) Riding a train.
(c) Emily is nursing Narcisse.
(d) Traveling to New York.

9. What does Philomene plan to do concerning Narcisse?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Control him.
(c) Curse him.
(d) Lie ot him.

10. Who is Angelite's mother?
(a) Emily.
(b) Oreline.
(c) Philomene.
(d) Suzette.

11. Who are Joseph and Josephine?
(a) Philamone's second set of twins.
(b) Oreline's twin cousins.
(c) Oreline's just-born set of twins from her marriage with Valery.
(d) Oreline's children from her first marriage.

12. What does Emily admit concerning Elisabeth?
(a) Emily was ashamed of her.
(b) Emily was afraid of her censure.
(c) Emily adored her.
(d) Emily thought she was too harsh a disciplinarian.

13. What year does Narcisse decide to join the war effort?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1867.

14. Who does Joseph think has cheated him?
(a) A former slave owner.
(b) His uncle.
(c) A judge in California.
(d) His brothers.

15. How many children has Narcisse fathered over recent years?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number child is Emily pregnant with in Chapter 34?

2. Why does Oreline resist Narcisse's advice?

3. What causes Clement to drown?

4. Why is Joseph's barn burned?

5. What does Narcisse remove from a wall in his home when he plans to marry?

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