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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 long after the night Annis and her mother sleep by a ruined tree until dawn, does the Georgia Man come?
2. What was Sasha's word for the spirit?
3. From whom did Mama Aza learn about mushrooms?
4. How are Annis and the other women outfitted for sale?
5. What dangerous creatures did one of Phyllis's relatives tell her lived in the swamp?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Annis avoid the sire when she is making his bed in Chapter 1?
2. What does Phyllis know about living in swamps?
3. What happens to Annis's mother in Chapter 1?
4. How do Annis and the other women cross a river that is at least five wagon lengths across?
5. How does Annis show Safi her bees?
6. Why do Annis and the other slaves comes to dread the rivers?
7. How were Mama Aza and ther other new sister-wives trained at first?
8. Who comforts Annis after her mother is sold?
9. What does Annis notice on the wall where she and the others are confined and what does she etch?
10. What encounter does Annis have with the woman she has been seeing on the march south?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation in Let Us Descend? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in conversations? What descriptive dialogue tags Ward used, especially in the first conversation Annis has with Bastian? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?
Essay Topic 2
Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before events in a novel. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in Let Us Descend?
Essay Topic 3
Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Let Us Descend? Why is it not historical fiction?
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