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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Annis follow the Georgia Man when her mother was sold?

2. How many white men observe Annis before the doctor examines her?

3. Who rescues Annis when she is finishing making her sire's bed, and he comes into the room?

4. What color sack dresses are Annis and the other slave women given to wear?

5. Who does Annis notice using a pirogue on the river where the slaves are untied before they ford?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annis show Safi her bees?

2. What does Phyllis know about living in swamps?

3. When was the last time that Sasha spoke to Aza?

4. What does Annis say the first day she is taken to the pen to be sold to avoid becoming a fancy girl?

5. How were Mama Aza and ther other new sister-wives trained at first?

6. What is the swamp like?

7. How are Safi and Annis taken south?

8. What does Annis notice on the wall where she and the others are confined and what does she etch?

9. How does Safi escape?

10. Who were Annis's grandparents and how did they become slaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Annis fondly remembers her mother and their time together. Even when her mother is gone, Annis has a strong emotional connection to Sasha. What is communicated about mother-daughter bonds through the emotional connection Annis has to her mother even when her mother is gone?

Essay Topic 2

In Let Us Descend, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? What role do these characters play in Let Us Descend and how do they support or hinder Annis? When there is conflict, what role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

A character arc shows how a character begins as one type of character and transforms into a different, more mature type of person due to interaction with other characters and developments in the book. How does Annis mature and change in Let Us Descend? Why is her maturation a character arc?

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