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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. When does Libertie experience jubilee for the first time?

2. How did Mama's sister die?

3. Who teaches Libertie about medicine?

4. What man does Mama kick out of her house?

5. What does Libertie get into a fight with Mama about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which character spends his days drinking?

2. Where does Mr. Ben stay when Mama kicks him out?

3. Why do people in town stop talking to Mama?

4. Why does Mr. Ben become Ben Daisy?

5. Why does Mama get sent dry seahorses?

6. Who is Elizabeth?

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

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

9. Why does Libertie eat yarrow?

10. What is Mama's profession?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Mama's clinic. In what ways does working at the clinic have a negative effect on Libertie in particular?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Libertie's time at college. What does she learn while she is there?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the role of the Civil War in the novel. How does the war effect Libertie and her community? How does she spend the years of the war, and what does this time teach her?

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