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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many are weeding when everyone is sent to the fields in Chapter 8?
(a) 150.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 200.

2. Where does Emil go to fetch the thin lady's husband?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Shreveport.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Atlanta.

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

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

5. When Annis disposes of the water to wash the husband's body, what does Aza stir that makes noise?
(a) Pine boughs.
(b) Branches of a willow.
(c) Branches of an oak.
(d) Corn stalks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annis put inside a hole she digs as an offering to the earth?

2. How drowsy is Annis when she is removed from the hole?

3. Where does Annis slice herself when she tries to scrabble up past the stakes when she is first put in the hole?

4. Who does Annis hear singing in the night after several days of weeding in the fields?

5. What does Aza say that Safi heard in her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Annis and the others eat in the morning in Chapter 9?

2. How did Esther's parents die?

3. What memory of running does Annis have after she buries her hair?

4. What is the plantation like where the lady lives?

5. What does Cora tell Annis about when Mary and Esther came to the lady's plantation?

6. What happens to Emil when he damages a hatchet?

7. What encounter does Annis have with Bastian, Esther's brother?

8. What wakes Annis and the others at the end of Chapter 9?

9. What wakens Annis in the night at the end of Chapter 8?

10. What does Annis learn about the lady?

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