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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 "Esther".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When contemplating what sort of life Fern might have, how does the author compare love to prejudice?
(a) It is subject to the same narrowminded assumptions.
(b) It cannot be bettered by a change in geographical location.
(c) It is difficult to change once it has been engrained.
(d) It is deeply rooted in issues of possession.

2. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?
(a) They want to protect her.
(b) They want to possess her.
(c) They want to marry her.
(d) They want to run her out of town.

3. What animals were described as searching for water?
(a) Rats.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

4. To what does the speaker compare another birth in the family line in "Song of the Son"?
(a) A tree leaf.
(b) A royal crown.
(c) A plum seed.
(d) A bird's nest.

5. Why did Carma take a lover?
(a) She wanted attention.
(b) She hated Bane.
(c) She didn't take a lover.
(d) She was bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carma shoot?

2. During the boll weevil infestation, where was there no water?

3. How does the speaker feel about Cloine?

4. Of what are scythes made?

5. What type of tree is singing in the swamp as the men walk home from the sawmill?

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