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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. In Chapter 8, what do Gerasime and Elisabeth say they will not do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Leave the plantation alive.
(c) Seek a new mate.
(d) Curse God.

2. Of what does Narcisse's wife die?
(a) T.B.
(b) In childbirth.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Rabies.

3. What is returned to Tessier that keeps him from selling Clement to Narcisse?
(a) Three escaped slaves.
(b) The boat and furs.
(c) A satchel of money.
(d) The barrels of oil.

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

5. Where does Clement live in Chapter 13?
(a) With Philomene on her plantation.
(b) A plantation about fifty miles from Philomene.
(c) Georgia.
(d) A plantation not far from Philomene

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Suzette's relationship to Palmire and Apphia?

2. What does Suzette do to Madame Derbanne's favorite roses the next morning after the opening of Cane River?

3. What relation is Doralise Derbanne to Suzette?

4. Who is Gerant's father?

5. Who buys Gerant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Suzette pretend regarding Francoise, but what are Suzette's real feelings?

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

5. What does Elisabeth urge Philomene to tell Clement?

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

7. Why does Francoise arrange a marriage for Oreline?

8. How does Elisabeth treat Suzette after Suzette gives birth to Gerant?

9. What do the slaves receive for Christmas?

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

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