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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eugene do with some property he and Doralise shared?
(a) Sell it to Oreline.
(b) Makes Gerant the heir to the property.
(c) Signs it over to Doralise.
(d) Starts a school for freed blacks.

2. 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) They are unable to communicate.
(d) Doralise carries notes back and forth.

3. What does Narcisse seem indifferent about when Clement comes and talks to him?
(a) His best horse has foundered.
(b) The loss of the bear skins.
(c) Clement's marriage to Philomene.
(d) The loss of the boat.

4. Who is Josephina?
(a) Oreline's sister-in-law.
(b) Suzette's new daughter.
(c) Oreline's daughter.
(d) Narcisse's sister.

5. Who goes to Elisabeth after having a "glimpsing"?
(a) Suzette.
(b) Palmire.
(c) Philomene.
(d) Gerant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Suzette send word to the slave quarters the minute Francoise dies?

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

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

4. What does Clement almost get caught in while on the river?

5. How old is Suzette at the opening of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the slaves receive for Christmas?

2. What does Suzette ask Doralise concerning Gerant, and what is Doralise's reply?

3. What does Joseph Ferrier agree to do after Suzette talks to Oreline in Chapter 14?

4. Why does Francoise chastise Elisabeth in Chapter 1?

5. What does Suzette say about her family after the slave auction?

6. How does Philomene feel about Narcisse's marriage?

7. What do Garasime and Elisabeth say about the slave auction?

8. Of what is Philomene aware concerning her emerging womanhood?

9. What does Philomene say to Clement in Chapter 12 when he tells her he traveled by boat to visit her?

10. What is Suzette's job in the household, and how does that affect her life?

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