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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. Glory and her husband are part of ________________________.
(a) The Underground Railroad.
(b) The John Birch Society.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Republican party.

2. How many of her children does Mawu still have with her?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. How old is Lizzie when Drayle begins to visit her at night at the plantation?
(a) 15.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

4. Which slave complains when the overseer's wife takes over when the overseer breaks his leg?
(a) Sam.
(b) Pork.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Henry.

5. What had the woman in #15 once shown to Lizzie?
(a) The ice house.
(b) A chapel.
(c) A cool spring to chill melons.
(d) The best spot to pick wildflowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lizzie take from Fran's bedroom?

2. What does Yancy give Fran when she visits?

3. Why does Lizzie do everything that Drayle insists on sexually while she is pregnant?

4. In which state do the slaves vacation with their masters?

5. Why does the man in the black hat want the money back that he has paid for Lizzie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Lizzie's children pushed aside when Fran's nephew, Billy, arrives for a visit?

2. Why does Lizzie begin to beat her children after they are abandoned by Fran?

3. What are some reasons for Baby's sexual assault on Lizzie?

4. Who is Mawu?

5. What is the setting for the story and who are the six slaves who appear as the story begins?

6. What does Dessie mean when she tells Lizzie that, "You don't know what you done brung in this house," and what is revealed about Lizzie's naivete?

7. Explain Lizzie's relationship with Drayle.

8. How does the dinner party between the white men and their slave women show how the slaves are viewed by freed blacks?

9. Why are the slave women brought to the Ohio resort and what type of status do they have in Ohio and back on their plantations?

10. Why does Fran's behavior fluctuate between listlessness and determination throughout the book?

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