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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. Where has Roxana been living since she got back to Dawson's Landing?

2. Why was Percy's slave put in charge of raising his son?

3. Why does Roxana get all dressed up when she gets worried?

4. Who becomes close friends with the people visiting Aunt Patsy?

5. How many times in the babies's first year of life does Wilson take samples from them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roxana worry about after completing her plan to give her son a good life, and what happens?

2. Who is the most prominent person in Dawson's Landing?

3. What does Roxana notice when she dresses her son in Tom's clothes?

4. What does Tom do when he goes to college?

5. Why does Tom have such few friends after his college experience?

6. What strange sight does Wilson see in Tom's room one night?

7. What does Chambers protect Tom from?

8. What does Roxana say when she meets with Tom in the haunted house?

9. What does Judge Driscoll do when the Italian twins come to town?

10. What makes Aunt Patsy something of a celebrity in the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the relationship between the farmers and the slaves affect the main characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What does "down river" symbolize to the characters in this book, and how does this affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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