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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. On the march with the Georgia Man, how long does it rain?
2. When Annis and Safi are taken away by the Georgia man, how many white men on horses lead the slaves?
3. Where does Annis remember falling and cutting herself when she was younger and running somewhere?
4. What was the first weapon Annis ever held?
5. What does Annis smell when they get to New Orleans?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Annis and the other women cross a river that is at least five wagon lengths across?
2. What does the spirit Aza know about what happened to Annis's mother?
3. What does Annis notice on the wall where she and the others are confined and what does she etch?
4. How were Mama Aza and ther other new sister-wives trained at first?
5. How did the spirit Aza meet Annis's grandmother?
6. What is the swamp like?
7. What does Phyllis know about living in swamps?
8. How does Annis show Safi her bees?
9. What is done to try to make Annis and the others easier to sell, and how effective are the things that are done?
10. Why do Annis and the other slaves comes to dread the rivers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Annis gathers mushrooms when the man is sick. What moral dilemma does she face and why when she goes to gather mushrooms?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Let Us Descend? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters, especially Annis? How does the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?
Essay Topic 3
Annis and other slaves are taken on a forced march south to be sold at slave markets in New Orleans. What are the conditions on the march? Were the slaves treated humanely or inhumanely?
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