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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. Why is Joseph's barn burned?
(a) Because Joseph is living with Emily.
(b) Because the pigs have a disease.
(c) The cows have hoof and mouth.
(d) Because Joseph plans to marry Emily.

2. For what concession is Gerant willing to work any amount asked of him?
(a) That Melantine does not work in the fields.
(b) That Gerant's daughters go to school.
(c) That Gerant's son goes to college.
(d) That Melantine is allowed to choose where she works.

3. Upon whose largesse does Philomene say her family depends?
(a) Oreline.
(b) Justice.
(c) Narcisse.
(d) Eugene.

4. What does Augustine advise Narcisse to do concerning the draft?
(a) To volunteer as he will get an easier assignment.
(b) Augustine gives no advice as he has been killed.
(c) To avoid serving by any means possible.
(d) To move out West and volunteer to fight Indians.

5. What last name does Elisabeth choose?
(a) Smith.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Jones.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oreline justify not talking to Philomene about Clement?

2. Who does Elisabeth encounter one day and feed him leftovers?

3. Who does Emily invite home for dinner in the beginning of Chapter 31?

4. For what is Oreline unprepared?

5. What is the significance of Valery's age regarding the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 31, what does narration say about Joseph's life so far?

2. Why does Narcisse begin to hoard money and food?

3. In Chapter 25, what does Yellow John say about Clement's fate?

4. Describe Elisabeth's encounter with a census taker.

5. What is Philomene's vision when she is ill in Chapter 18?

6. What do Narcisse, Antoine Morat and Joseph Ferrier who come to visit Joseph tell him?

7. How do Ferrier's caregivers know he is close to dying of yellow fever in Chapter 17?

8. What does Narcisse tell Oreline has to be done after Ferrier's death concerning the slaves and what does she decide about Clement?

9. How does Philomene feel about the lives of her family?

10. What does Narcisse say he worries about concerning Emily?

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