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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. How much food does Annis have to last the day in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 7, how many including Annis follow the thin woman?

4. What brand did Esther's grandmother and mother have on their cheeks?

5. Who in Esther's family died of yellow fever?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are rats rooted out of the fields?

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

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

4. Why does the lady's husband stay in New Orleans most of the time?

5. What happens to Emil when he damages a hatchet?

6. What does Aza tell Annis happens to the dead?

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

8. How is the sugar cane harvested?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Annis gathers mushrooms when the man is sick. What moral dilemma does she face and why when she goes to gather mushrooms?

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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