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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. In Chapter 6, how many slaves remain with Annis when Aza returns?
2. Where did the spirit Aza first see Mama Aza?
3. How tall is the wooden fence where Annis and the other slaves are taken?
4. Where are Annis and the other slaves housed after they arrive in New Orleans?
5. How far did Annis follow the Georgia Man when her mother was sold?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are Annis and the other slaves taken when they get to New Orleans?
2. How do Annis and the other women cross a river that is at least five wagon lengths across?
3. How were Mama Aza and ther other new sister-wives trained at first?
4. What is done to try to make Annis and the others easier to sell, and how effective are the things that are done?
5. How does Annis avoid the sire when she is making his bed in Chapter 1?
6. Who were Annis's grandparents and how did they become slaves?
7. What does Annis notice on the wall where she and the others are confined and what does she etch?
8. How do Annis and the others feel after the first day of walking south?
9. How does Annis know how to swim, and how does she use what she knows to ford a river?
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 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?
Essay Topic 2
Annis is thrown in the hole because the husband of the lady makes advances. What does Annis learn from being thrown into the hole?
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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