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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Macandal throw himself when he escapes the burning in Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) Into the crowd
(b) Into the sea
(c) Onto a rooftop
(d) Onto the king

2. What is the first group affected (and killed) by the poisoning on the plantations in Part One: Chapter V?
(a) The royalty
(b) The animals
(c) The slaves
(d) The plantation owners' families

3. What cannot be bound, leading to Macandal’s escape in Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) The stump of his missing arm
(b) The stump of his missing leg
(c) His ankles
(d) His waist

4. What do the plantation owners begin to do when they hear the slaves singing the sorrow of their plight at the celebration in Part One: Chapter VII?
(a) Set buildings on fire
(b) Set the animals free
(c) Gather weapons
(d) Lock their doors

5. What is Macandal doing when his arm becomes caught in a machine in Part One: Chapter II?
(a) Making sausage
(b) Sawing lumber
(c) Juicing fruit
(d) Milling sugar

Short Answer Questions

1. Part One: Chapter VIII has what title?

2. What does M. Lenormand de Mézy discover has happened to his dogs when he comes out of hiding to examine his plantation in Part Two: Chapter IV?

3. Ti Noël learns that the man portrayed in the bright posters in Part One: Chapter I is what?

4. In Part One: Chapter VII, Ti Noël attends the celebration of the master’s first son, where one glass of is served to every slave?

5. Ti Noël goes with Macandal to visit whom in Part One: Chapter III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What celebrations are described in Part One: Chapter VII?

2. What religious ceremony takes place in Part Two: Chapter II? How is it described?

3. Whom has M. Lenormand de Mézy married in Part Two: Chapter I? Where does he live?

4. What is the symbolic significance of Macandal’s losing his arm in Part One: Chapter II?

5. What does Ti Noël’s comparison of the wax heads in Part One: Chapter I indicate about his character?

6. What happens with the search for Macandal in the beginning of Part One: Chapter VI?

7. How does the poison epidemic spread in the beginning of Part One: Chapter V?

8. How do M. Lenormand de Mézy and Governor Blancheland feel about the political climate in Part Two: Chapter III?

9. For how long does M. Lenormand de Mézy remain in hiding in Part Two: Chapter IV? What does he find when he emerges?

10. When does the revolt begin in Part Two: Chapter III? How does M. Lenormand de Mézy witness this event?

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