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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. How much time has passed in Chapter 7 since Chapter 6?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 15 years.

2. Who is Gerant's father?
(a) Eugene.
(b) Monsieur Derbanne.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Gerasime.

3. What does Philomene realize about Suzette in Chapter 9?
(a) She is unhappy.
(b) She is pregnant again.
(c) She is very ill.
(d) She is planning to escape to the North.

4. What does the overseer recommend in Chapter 6 in order for Francoise to get some needed cash?
(a) Plant cotton in more of the acreage.
(b) Rotate among more crops.
(c) Sell some slaves.
(d) Find a wealthy man to marry.

5. How does Philomene communicate with Gerant in Chapter 9?
(a) They talk to each other in church on Sundays.
(b) They are unable to communicate.
(c) Suzette carries notes back and forth.
(d) Doralise carries notes back and forth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Palmire communicate?

2. What does Clement lose sight of when he gets to shore?

3. How does Clement earn extra money?

4. What does Garasime say is attached to the slaves after the assessors come?

5. In Chapter 8, what do Gerasime and Elisabeth say they will not do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Francoise arrange a marriage for Oreline?

6. What do the slaves receive for Christmas?

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

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

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

10. What does Narcisse ask Tessier concerning Clement?

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