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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the body of the lady's dead husband carried on the fourth day after his death?
(a) Verandah.
(b) Front parlor.
(c) Side porch.
(d) Back porch.

2. What does Annis liken the song to that she hears in the night at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Leftovers in a skillet.
(b) Sweet summer berries.
(c) Warm corn bread.
(d) Crust of pie around the edges of a pan.

3. What does Cora do when Annis comments that Mary sings?
(a) She drops a pot.
(b) She pulls her apron over her face.
(c) She purses her lips.
(d) She claps her hand over her mouth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who in Esther's family died of yellow fever?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

11. In Chapter 9 after eating rabbit and mushrooms, what taste does Annis long for?
(a) Parsley.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Salt.
(d) Sage.

12. Besides despair, what did They Who Take and Give show Annis that the slaves had running through them?
(a) Desire.
(b) Disheartenment.
(c) Hope.
(d) Anguish.

13. What would Nan eat when she was pregnant and her belly would grow?
(a) Roots.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Bark.
(d) Clay.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sasha try to run with Annis long ago?

2. What does the lady do when Annis brings tonic for the man?

3. What is Annis told to bring to the lady when her husband gets yellow fever?

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

5. What color is the sugar bowl the lady uses?

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