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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 many hands drag Emil off to be punished when he breaks a hatchet?

2. Where does Annis slice herself when she tries to scrabble up past the stakes when she is first put in the hole?

3. When Annis talks to Aza in Chapter 10 about the different worlds and currents between them, what does she trip on?

4. How old does Annis think the housemaids, Esther and Mary, are?

5. What does Emil tell Annis and the others is being grown on the thin woman's planation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Annis tempted to do when she brings the mushroom tonic to the man?

2. What encounter does Annis have with Bastian, Esther's brother?

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

4. Where does the lady go after she buys Annis?

5. How is the sugar cane harvested?

6. Where do the lady and her mother eat at the end of Chapter 10, and what conversation to they have?

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

8. What does Annis realize that Aza wants from her?

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

10. How does the lady's mother get her to tend to the harvest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Ward use more metaphors or similes in Let Us Descend? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts or imagine characters and situations?

Essay Topic 2

Annis and the other enslaved are taken to the slave markets in New Orleans. What indignities do Annis and the other slaves experience and why are those experiences so dehumanizing?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Ward use chapter titles in Let Us Descend?

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