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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. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Annis bring for Cora to cook to eat?
(a) Wheat flour.
(b) Corn flour.
(c) Greens.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. How old does Annis think the housemaids, Esther and Mary, are?
(a) 17 and 19.
(b) 16 and 18.
(c) Late teens.
(d) Not yet in their twenties.

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

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

5. What does the lady do when Annis brings tonic for the man?
(a) Kicks Annis.
(b) Thanks Annis.
(c) Yells at Annis.
(d) Slaps Annis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annis do with water used to wash the husband's body after it is moved from the bedroom?

2. What memory does Annis try to hold onto as she is dragged to the hole?

3. When Annis talks to Aza in Chapter 10 about the different worlds and currents between them, what does she trip on?

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

5. In Chapter 9, what does Cora dream that her mother fixes her to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annis realize that Aza wants from her?

2. How are rats rooted out of the fields?

3. What is the hole like?

4. How did Esther's parents die?

5. Where does the lady go after she buys Annis?

6. Why does the lady's husband stay in New Orleans most of the time?

7. How is the sugar cane harvested?

8. What does Annis see in a dream when she is in the hole?

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

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

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