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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. How many children does Lizzie lose in the epidemic in Georgia?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.
2. What refreshment does Fran get for Lizzie and herself in the middle of the night?
(a) Tea.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Water.
3. What does Lizzie notice right away when she sees Glory?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is missing a finger.
(c) She has a broken arm.
(d) She is limping.
4. Who does Mawu credit for Philip's good luck in being sold to the barber?
(a) Reenie.
(b) Drayle.
(c) George.
(d) Lizzie.
5. Lizzie knows that she must have faith in whom?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Nate.
(c) Drayle.
(d) Herself.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to Lizzie on the first summer trip she takes on the steamboat?
2. What does Drayle tell Lizzie when he returns from the fishing trip?
3. Why is Philip beaten and punished?
4. What song do the women sing at Sweet's burial?
5. What is the cause of the rash on Sweet's neck and shoulders?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Reenie's behavior show that her life has changed dramatically for the worse in the time since she saw the other women last Summer?
2. How does the author address the topics of slave catchers and abolitionists?
3. Why is Lizzie reminded of watching a dog die while lying in the sun after Philip is punished by Drayle?
4. How has Lizzie romanticized her position in the Drayle household throughout the novel?
5. How does the absence of Sweet, Reenie and Mawu alter Lizzie's feelings about Drayle?
6. Does the author bring closure to Lizzie's story at the end of the novel?
7. What spiritual connection does Mawu feel for Lizzie?
8. Explain the nature of Drayle's character in that he can do much harm under the pretense of doing the right thing.
9. Why is Sweet's death so bittersweet for the women?
10. Where has Reenie escaped to and what keeps Lizzie from running away immediately?
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