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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song do the women sing at Sweet's burial?
(a) Mary Had a Baby.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) How Great Thou Art.
(d) The Old Rugged Cross.

2. Fran tells Lizzie that she ______________ her, and never hated her.
(a) Admired.
(b) Liked.
(c) Envied.
(d) Respected.

3. How many days does it take for Drayle, Fran and Lizzie to travel to the Tawawa resort?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

4. What word does Mawu utter to Lizzie when she comes rushing toward Lizzie who is hanging out the laundry?
(a) Fire.
(b) Escape.
(c) Hurry.
(d) Sweet.

5. What has Drayle forbidden Lizzie to do?
(a) Call him by his first name.
(b) Tend to Philip chained to a tree.
(c) Buy a new dress.
(d) Have an abortion.

6. Drayle takes Philip and Lizzie on a steamship trip to which state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Ohio.

7. What do the women notice about Reenie when they pull her from the water?
(a) She is missing a toe.
(b) She has a brand on her back.
(c) She is missing a finger.
(d) She is missing an ear.

8. Why does Lizzie not trust the porter on the train?
(a) He has snatched her purse from her.
(b) He whispers with other white men.
(c) He has turned in runaway slaves for the money.
(d) He gropes her at every opportunity.

9. What does Lizzie give Philip before he leaves with the barber?
(a) A blueberry pie.
(b) The address of the Tennessee plantation.
(c) A poem.
(d) A lock of her hair.

10. Lizzie knows that she must have faith in whom?
(a) Nate.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Herself.
(d) Drayle.

11. Lizzie recalls Reenie's story about having the tip of her finger cut off because _____________________.
(a) She was hiding a reading primer in her skirt.
(b) She was caught stealing apples.
(c) She tried to run away.
(d) She tried to write her name.

12. Who is Sweet's oldest daughter who has died?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Tootie.
(d) Melissa.

13. What does Philip use to collect water to drink while chained to the tree?
(a) His hands.
(b) A hat.
(c) A hole he has dug.
(d) A shoe.

14. What has Drayle not told Fran?
(a) He wants to divorce her.
(b) He is thinking of selling Rabbit.
(c) He is sending Nate to school in Ohio.
(d) Lizzie is pregnant again.

15. How many of Sweet's children have died in a year?.
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Lizzie lose in the epidemic in Georgia?

2. What is Sweet doing when the slave women go to her cabin?

3. Whose apron catches fire at the barbecue?

4. What is the profession of the father of the girl in #99?

5. What is the name of the steamship on which Drayle, Philip and Lizzie travel?

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