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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 does Elisabeth notice when she is telling the census taker about the women of the household?
(a) He does not believe her.
(b) He is derisive of former slaves.
(c) He wants a lot of information about them.
(d) He is not interested in the women.

2. What does Philomene feel as she makes a realization about Clement in Chapter 16?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Despondent.
(c) Uncertain.
(d) Happy.

3. What does Emily say many people call her?
(a) Dreamer.
(b) Uppity.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Witch.

4. Why does Bet come into the store one day to talk to Emily?
(a) Emily asks her to help her with a display.
(b) Philomene sends Bet there to cheer up Emily.
(c) Bet is bored at home.
(d) Bet likes one of the clerks.

5. With whom does Narcisse say Suzette can be placed?
(a) With a family in Virginia.
(b) Narcisse recommends freeing Suzette.
(c) Narcisse recommends not selling Suzette.
(d) With Narcisse's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Oreline and Philomene being left alone on the farm?

2. Who owns Billes General Store?

3. Who is Mina?

4. What is Narcisse's response to the increasingly unstable conditions in Chapter 22?

5. What does Oreline beg Valery to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 31, what does Joseph request from Philomene concerning Emily?

2. What is an example of how the traditional roles on Oreline's farm become skewed?

3. What does Philomene ask Narcisse to do concerning Emily?

4. What does Angelite say about a young man who is interested in marrying her?

5. What does Narcisse start building in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

9. Why does Philomene send Bet to Joseph's store where Emily is working?

10. Who becomes ill in Chapter 18, and who takes care of them?

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