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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Esther's grandmother come from?
(a) Terre Gaillarde
(b) Thibodaux.
(c) Plaquemine.
(d) Atchafalaya.

2. Where does Annis slice herself when she tries to scrabble up past the stakes when she is first put in the hole?
(a) Shoulder and forearm.
(b) Cheek, hand, and side.
(c) Arm, calf, and side of her face.
(d) Ankle and thigh.

3. For what medicinal purpose can dead-man's fingers be used?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Appetite.
(c) Coughs.
(d) Digestion.

4. What brand did Esther's grandmother and mother have on their cheeks?
(a) M.
(b) Z.
(c) X.
(d) T.

5. How drowsy is Annis when she is removed from the hole?
(a) As an oak-leaf rattler.
(b) As a timber rattlesnake.
(c) As a gopher snake.
(d) As a kingsnake.

6. Who wakes Annis the morning after she is released from the hole?
(a) Esther.
(b) Cora.
(c) Camille.
(d) Mary.

7. What color hair does the thin lady's husband have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Salt and pepper.
(c) Black.
(d) Blond.

8. What wakes Annis, Esther, Mary, and Cora at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Shouting outside.
(b) The lady wailing.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Dogs barking.

9. Who are yelled at when Annis and the others have to work in the fields?
(a) Two older men and a girl.
(b) A woman and her children.
(c) 3 children.
(d) A crippled man and a crippled woman.

10. Where do the lady and her mother eat on the first day of harvest?
(a) Front room.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Front porch.
(d) Kitchen.

11. What is the name of the woman with to daughters who works with Esther and Annis unloading a wagon of cane?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Helen.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Martha.

12. How many wagons are for loading the cane?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

13. In Chapter 7, how many including Annis follow the thin woman?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

14. What does Annis put inside a hole she digs as an offering to the earth?
(a) Dead rat.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Scraps of food.
(d) Blood.

15. Why is Annis sent to the hole?
(a) She gets dirt on the floor.
(b) She drops a dish at dinner.
(c) The thin woman's husband wants to rape her.
(d) She trips and spills milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many are weeding when everyone is sent to the fields in Chapter 8?

2. Where is the body of the lady's dead husband carried on the fourth day after his death?

3. How many hands drag Emil off to be punished when he breaks a hatchet?

4. What type of mushrooms did Sasha used to call a gift and that she and Annis would gather to feed them, Nan, and her children?

5. What is the song about that Annis hears in the night after several days of weeding?

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