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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. Who is Joseph Ferrier?
(a) A soldier who comes and ransacks the plantation.
(b) The man who Francoise arranges a marriage to for Oreline.
(c) A man who is hired as the new overseer.
(d) A freed black who is in love with Suzette.

2. Why does Joseph say he wants to buy Clement?
(a) To make him pay for the lost coon skins.
(b) To unite him with Philomene.
(c) He is an honest slave.
(d) For his blacksmith skills.

3. What is the year at the opening to Chapter 2?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1908.

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

5. What does Clement almost get caught in while on the river?
(a) A whirlpool.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A log jam.
(d) A sand bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Oreline refuse that Suzette asks of her in Chapter 1?

2. What does Francoise worry about concerning Oreline?

3. What is Elisabeth's job at the plantation?

4. Upon how many different plantations do Suzette's family members live in Chapter 9?

5. What does Suzette say about the relationship between Doralise and Philippe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of whom does Eugene Daurat remind Suzette?

2. What remark does Suzette make concerning Doralise's relationship with Eugene?

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

4. What does Suzette say about her relationship to Eugene?

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

6. What does Elisabeth urge Philomene to tell Clement?

7. Who is Suzette's father, and what does he do?

8. What does Suzette ask Oreline to do, and what is Oreline's response?

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

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

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