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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Suzette say is all Eugene has done for her?

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

3. What does Philomene glimpse as the cause of Clement's death?

4. Who buys Gerant?

5. How old is Suzette at the opening of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Suzette say about her family after the slave auction?

2. What does Philomene say to Clement in Chapter 12 when he tells her he traveled by boat to visit her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Of whom does Eugene Daurat remind Suzette?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Eugene rapes Suzette, she is a virgin. After he is finished, she realizes that her dress is bloodied. Suzette does not rush to the comforting arms of her mother to tell what's happened, but rushes to find a way to hide the evidence of the rape.

Discuss the consequences of slave owners raping their slaves and how such relationships affected both the slave and the owner. Use examples from Cane River to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Elisabeth urges Philomene to take what happiness she can find in life.

In what ways do the slaves find happiness in the system which controls and abuses them? Use examples from Cane River to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

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