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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. Where does Emil go to fetch the thin lady's husband?

2. What does Cora say is the best to eat when they can get it?

3. Where does Annis begin to get a headache as she waits on the lady and her mother at the end of Chapter 10?

4. How many rabbits does Esther's brother want Annis to take back for his sister?

5. How many wagons are for loading the cane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Annis get sent to the hole?

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

3. What is the hole like?

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

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

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

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

8. How is the sugar cane harvested?

9. What does Annis see in a dream when she is in the hole?

10. What does Cora tell Annis about when Mary and Esther came to the lady's plantation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although life is hard on Annis's sire's plantation, it is even worse at the lady's plantation. Why is life even more difficult for Annis at the lady’s plantation?

Essay Topic 2

Annis is not sure that Aza tells the truth. Why does Annis not trust Aza?

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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