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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 wagons are for loading the cane?
2. Where does Emil go to fetch the thin lady's husband?
3. What is Annis told to bring to the lady when her husband gets yellow fever?
4. Who are yelled at when Annis and the others have to work in the fields?
5. How does Aza say that the Water's song wraps around someone?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cora tell Annis about when Mary and Esther came to the lady's plantation?
2. What does Annis learn about the lady?
3. Where did Esther's grandmother live, and what happened to her and the people in the settlement?
4. What does Annis realize that Aza wants from her?
5. What happens to Emil when he damages a hatchet?
6. How did Esther's parents die?
7. What memory of running does Annis have after she buries her hair?
8. What is the hole like?
9. What is Annis tempted to do when she brings the mushroom tonic to the man?
10. Why does the lady's husband stay in New Orleans most of the time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Ward use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters in Let Us Descend?
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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