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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. On what date does Chapter 42 open?

2. What date opens Chapter 27?

3. On what date does Chapter 56 open?

4. Where does Isabel tell Curzon she trusted him but he went behind her back in Chapter 40?

5. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 36 as "the first woman to write about her life in slavery" (169)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Missus Cook described? What is her position at Moore Hall?

2. What has caused Isabel to be forced to wear the iron collar? Where is the key?

3. What are the soldiers ordered to do during the blizzard in Chapter 28?

4. What does Bellingham tell Curzon that makes Curzon unable to flee in Chapter 41?

5. How does Curzon attempt to make a key copy to Isabel's collar?

6. What event does Curzon decide will be the best time to run away in Chapter 39? Why?

7. Why does Curzon begin destroying things and causing problems in Chapter 41?

8. Why does Curzon say that he will forever bless the name of General Greene in Chapter 46?

9. What is Eben's plan for helping Curzon to escape in Chapter 47?

10. What letters do Curzon and Isabel write in Chapter 60?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What leads to Sergeant Woodruff's death? How does his death affect Eben? How does his death impact the rest of the company? Who replaces Sergeant Woodruff and how does this change the company?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze Curzon's plan for and execution of his and Isabel's escape in the end of the novel. Who assists Curzon and Isabel? How? Where do they go to escape?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Curzon and Eben have a falling out that alienates them as friends? How is this obstacle overcome? How does the falling out change the characters?

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