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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. What does the lady do when Annis brings tonic for the man?
2. What brand did Esther's grandmother and mother have on their cheeks?
3. Who in Esther's family died of yellow fever?
4. Where is the body of the lady's dead husband carried on the fourth day after his death?
5. How many times does the lady's mother slap her when she tells her daughter it is time for the harvest?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Esther's grandmother live, and what happened to her and the people in the settlement?
2. Where do the lady and her mother eat at the end of Chapter 10, and what conversation to they have?
3. What is the hole like?
4. How are rats rooted out of the fields?
5. What happens to Emil when he damages a hatchet?
6. What is Annis tempted to do when she brings the mushroom tonic to the man?
7. What does Annis see in a dream when she is in the hole?
8. What is a surprising way that mushrooms grow?
9. Why does the lady's husband stay in New Orleans most of the time?
10. Why does Annis get sent to the hole?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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