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

2. How many times does the lady's mother slap her when she tells her daughter it is time for the harvest?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

4. Where does Annis begin to get a headache as she waits on the lady and her mother at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Top of her head.
(b) Center of her forehead.
(c) Right eye.
(d) Left eye.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Annis, Esther, Mary, and Cora at the end of Chapter 9?

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Annis bring for Cora to cook to eat?

5. Who did Camille leave behind when she was sold?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Aza tell Annis happens to the dead?

6. What is the hole like?

7. What is a surprising way that mushrooms grow?

8. Why does Annis get sent to the hole?

9. Where did Esther's grandmother live, and what happened to her and the people in the settlement?

10. How are rats rooted out of the fields?

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