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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 Mary suggest Dick do with the tobacco next year?

2. What will Charlie Slatter salvage from the Turner farm when it goes under?

3. From where did Moses come?

4. About what does Mary dream?

5. What does Moses ask Mary at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Charlie want the Turner farm?

2. What type of weather does Mary like best?

3. How are the Turners regarded in the community?

4. Why does Mary want to have children? What does Dick say about it?

5. How does Moses hold power over Mary? How does his manner change around her?

6. How does Mary feel about managing the farm? How does she feel about the way Dick has been managing the farm?

7. How does Mary show weakness?

8. Describe the state of Dick's farm.

9. How is Dick handling Mary's return?

10. Why does Mary refuse to help Dick with the farm after he is well?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the difficulties women have faced throughout history in divorcing their husbands and ending an unhappy marriage. Be sure to use chronological examples that illustrate how woman's rights have changed over time.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that discusses how the novel demonstrates the weakness of white rule in Africa. Be sure to address:

1) The dependence of whites on black labor.

2) The hypocrisy of white rule.

3) Moral arguments used in the novel, with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that describes the parenting done by characters in the novel and how it influences them and other characters. Examples include Mary's bad parents damaging her ability to relate to others, or Charlie Slatter's jealousy towards the privileges of his children.

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