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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 Tom need protection from?

2. Who does Roxana hope will help her when she ends up penniless?

3. What elite society does Judge Driscoll belong to?

4. How does the Tom feel about the person who likes to protect him?

5. How does the Tom treat the slave boy as they grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wilson make a negative impression on the town?

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

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

4. What happens to Tom when Percy dies?

5. What does Roxana become worried about after the trial for the slaves involved in the theft?

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

7. What happened to most of Judge Driscoll's nieces and nephews?

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

9. How does Roxana feel about Tom's plan to pay his gambling debt?

10. What does Chambers protect Tom from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Judge Driscoll choose to raise Tom and why? How does this decision affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Choosing sides is a theme that is presented in this book in the trial. What are some of the examples of this theme appearing, and how does it affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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