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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how long does the lady sit cradling her her husband's body?
(a) Until mid-morning.
(b) Until noon.
(c) Until afternoon.
(d) Until sunset.

2. How many days does the lady locked herself in the room with her dead husband?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What color is the sugar bowl the lady uses?
(a) White edged in blue.
(b) White edged in lavender.
(c) White edged in pink.
(d) White edged in yellow.

4. When Annis talks to Aza in Chapter 10 about the different worlds and currents between them, what does she trip on?
(a) Stick.
(b) Stone.
(c) Hole in the ground.
(d) Melon vine.

5. What was the name of the leader of the place where Esther's grandmother came from?
(a) St. Malo.
(b) St. Andrew.
(c) David.
(d) Reuben.

6. What does Mary kill for breakfast the first morning Annis is at the thin woman's plantation?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Snake.

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

8. What do They Who Take and Give call Annis?
(a) Gopher.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Burrowing owl.
(d) Hare.

9. What color mushroom does Annis look for to heal the man from yellow fever?
(a) Orange.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Cream.

10. When the thin lady's husband returns, what does Annis take from the blind mother's lunch plate to eat?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Beans.

11. What symptoms of yellow fever did Esther's family have?
(a) Delirium.
(b) Bleeding.
(c) Nausea and vomiting.
(d) Yellow skin and eyes.

12. Who does Annis hear singing in the night after several days of weeding in the fields?
(a) Esther.
(b) The husband.
(c) Mary.
(d) Cora.

13. How many rabbits does Cora cook that first night Annis brings them from Bastian?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

14. What do Annis's people do with the Water when they die?
(a) Sing.
(b) Swim.
(c) Rest.
(d) Chant.

15. What do the dead rats bring if they are not burned?
(a) Crows, raccoons, and skunks.
(b) Coyotes and foxes.
(c) Raccoons and weasels.
(d) Buzzards, possum, and armadillos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that the lady wants to put sugar in?

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

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

4. When Annis disposes of the water to wash the husband's body, what does Aza stir that makes noise?

5. What color hair does the thin lady's husband have?

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