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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Libertie try to poison herself?
(a) To get Lenore's attention.
(b) For fun.
(c) To scare Mr. Ben.
(d) To get Mama's attention.

2. Why do white women accept Mama?
(a) She is dark-skinned.
(b) She is kind.
(c) She is light-skinned.
(d) She is skilled.

3. How does Ben Daisy die?
(a) He dies in battle.
(b) He gets in a car accident.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He falls off a mountain.

4. Who tells Mama the news of Ben Daisy's death?
(a) Libertie.
(b) Culver.
(c) Lenore.
(d) Pete Back Back.

5. What does Mama use to create a new remedy?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Dry seahorses.
(d) Grass.

6. What did people who tried to save Ben Daisy see under the water?
(a) A school of fish.
(b) A shark.
(c) A whale.
(d) A woman in a pink dress.

7. What does Elizabeth say about Mama as a child?
(a) She was wild.
(b) She was pretty.
(c) She was smart.
(d) She was quiet.

8. Who spends his days drinking?
(a) Lucien.
(b) Ben.
(c) Culver.
(d) Emmanuel.

9. Who is Elizabeth?
(a) Mama's neighbor.
(b) Mama's childhood friend.
(c) Mama's cousin.
(d) Mama's mom.

10. What does Mama keep in a jar?
(a) Mayo.
(b) Her sister's braids.
(c) Dead flowers.
(d) Her sister's necklace.

11. Who seems to give up on Libertie?
(a) Lenore.
(b) Miss Hannah.
(c) Mama.
(d) Lucien.

12. What street does Libertie live on?
(a) Sampson Drive.
(b) Mama Court.
(c) Liberite Lane.
(d) Sampson Lane.

13. Who is Robert?
(a) Libertie's father.
(b) Libertie's neighbor.
(c) Libertie's son.
(d) Libertie's friend.

14. Why do white women reject Libertie?
(a) She is skilled.
(b) She is light-skinned.
(c) She is young.
(d) She is dark-skinned.

15. Where did Robert always want to go?
(a) Africa.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ladies' Intelligence Society buy after the war?

2. Who does the narrator see raise a man from the dead?

3. How did Mama's sister die?

4. What did Daisy do to Ben Daisy?

5. Who is Cathy?

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