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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. Who is Daisy?

2. Why does Mama stop imagining new cures?

3. What secret does Mama tell Libertie to keep?

4. Who helps free Mr. Ben?

5. Why does Mama kick Libertie out of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Ben die?

2. Why does Mama stop her proving project?

3. Who is Mr. Ben?

4. Who makes Friendship albums?

5. Why is Libertie disliked by white women at the hospital?

6. Who is Daisy?

7. Whose grave does Libertie tend to?

8. How does Mr. Ben get to Mama's?

9. Why does Mr. Ben become Ben Daisy?

10. Why does Mama start seeing white patients at her hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Libertie's relationship to Haiti. What does she think of Haiti when she first arrives? Does this relationship change throughout her time there? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Libertie's relationship with Louisa and Experience. What is this relationship like, and how does Libertie fit into it?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Libertie's letters to the woman in the river. Why does she write these letters? What purpose do they serve for her, and is this a helpful practice?

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