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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philomene think a jealous God might do?
(a) Take away her happiness.
(b) Kill her daughters also.
(c) Take Clement in trade for her newborns.
(d) Nothing because she thinks God is not jealous of slaves.

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

3. What makes it clear that the situation in the South is becoming serious at the opening of Chapter 22?
(a) More men are conscripted involuntarily.
(b) Men are being trained as spies.
(c) Women are recruited to sew uniforms.
(d) Confederate money begins to circulate.

4. What do Joseph's cousins assume when they come to live with him and Emily?
(a) That Joseph is looking for a wife.
(b) That Emily's family are all dead.
(c) That Emily is their servant.
(d) That Emily has bewitched Joseph

5. What does it mean when Ferrier begins to bleed from the eyes and mouth?
(a) The venom has hit the brain.
(b) The head injury cause brain damage.
(c) Death is near.
(d) They have no idea.

6. What is said of Valery Houbre's children?
(a) He has no children.
(b) They miss their mother who is dead.
(c) They died with the fever also.
(d) They are both young adults.

7. What last name does Elisabeth choose?
(a) Smith.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Jones.
(d) Lincoln.

8. What causes Clement to drown?
(a) He is knocked unconscious by a sail boom.
(b) He is bitten by a snake.
(c) His horse throws him as they are crossing the river.
(d) He gets caught under a rock in the river.

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

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

11. 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 sit in the presence of his white children.
(d) For refusing to marry who Narcisse wants her to marry.

12. What does Elisabeth notice when she is telling the census taker about the women of the household?
(a) He does not believe her.
(b) He is derisive of former slaves.
(c) He is not interested in the women.
(d) He wants a lot of information about them.

13. How much money does Narcisse have to pay to be draft exempt?
(a) There is no way to buy out of the draft.
(b) 500 dollars.
(c) 1,000 dollars.
(d) 2,000 dollars.

14. Who is Antoine Morat?
(a) A man just moved to the area from France.
(b) Joseph's business partner.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The last person who owned Elisabeth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philomene say about Emily in Chapter 21?

2. Where does Philomene live now?

3. What does Augustine advise Narcisse to do concerning the draft?

4. For what concession is Gerant willing to work any amount asked of him?

5. What is Valery Houbre's occupation?

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