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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 role is difficult for Eugene in Chapter 9?
(a) Executioner for two slaves who tried to escape.
(b) Father of Philomene.
(c) Slave trader.
(d) Executor of Rosedew.

2. Who are Thany and Bet?
(a) Two new field slaves at Rosedew.
(b) Narcisse's new children.
(c) Josephina's twin children.
(d) Philomene and Clement's twin children.

3. What would happen if Suzette and Nicholas marry?
(a) Nicholas would automatically become a slave.
(b) Nicholas would be sold.
(c) Suzette would be sold to the plantation where Nicholas lives.
(d) Any children they have would be considered slaves.

4. What does Oreline tell Suzette when Oreline arrives on account of Francoise's death?
(a) She will set Suzette free.
(b) She will buy Suzette and Philomene.
(c) She will help Suzette escape to the North.
(d) She cannot buy any of the slaves.

5. What is the year at the opening of Cane River?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1888.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clement earn extra money?

2. Why do the lives of the slaves improve in the time leading up to their being sold?

3. What has Madame Derbanne just done to Suzette as the book opens?

4. How does Palmire communicate?

5. Where does Clement live in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom is Suzette enamored, but what is her mother's response to that?

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

3. What does Elisabeth urge Philomene to tell Clement?

4. Why does Francoise chastise Elisabeth in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Suzette steal some eggs and take them to Palmire?

6. Of whom does Eugene Daurat remind Suzette?

7. What do the slaves receive for Christmas?

8. What does Philomene say about her own light skin?

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

10. What present is mentioned in Chapter 13 that Clement is making for Philomene?

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