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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. Drayle bribes Lizzie with _______________ to gain increasing access to her physically.
(a) Travel.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Words.
(d) Candy.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the slave women who travels with her master?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Addie.
(c) Reenie.
(d) Lizzie.

3. Who is Yancy Butterfield?
(a) Fran's friend.
(b) Sir's wife.
(c) Drayle's sister.
(d) Fran's mother.

4. What is the first word that Drayle teaches Lizzie to read?
(a) Cat.
(b) Horse.
(c) She.
(d) Rain.

5. How many children has Mawu had who were fathered by her master?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the slave men who travels with his master?

2. What does Fran do to Lizzie to show her displeasure with her?

3. The slave women receive invitations to _________________________.

4. What does Drayle bring to Lizzie on the first night he visits her at the plantation?

5. How many of her children does Mawu still have with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the author implies that Drayle is God to Lizzie.

2. Explain Lizzie's relationship with Drayle.

3. What does the character of Glory represent in the story?

4. Who is Mawu?

5. What are two possible reasons that Fran decides to sell Lizzie?

6. What is Drayle's demeanor in approaching Lizzie in a sexual relationship?

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

8. In what ways do the white men show their disrespect for the slave women at the dinner party?

9. 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?

10. How does Philip view Lizzie's relationship with Drayle and why won't Philip allow any contact between himself and Lizzie?

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