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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. What does Lizzie give to Mawu before she leaves?
(a) Some money.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) The letter from Reenie.

2. Which of the slave women is afraid to go swimming?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) Mawu.
(c) Reenie.
(d) Sweet.

3. Who does Mawu credit for Philip's good luck in being sold to the barber?
(a) George.
(b) Drayle.
(c) Reenie.
(d) Lizzie.

4. Why is the Tawawa Resort closing?
(a) The owners are getting too old to manage it.
(b) The owners can no longer pay the property taxes.
(c) Northerners don't like the presence of so many Southerners.
(d) The property has been purchased by land developers.

5. How many children does Lizzie lose in the epidemic in Georgia?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Reenie and Lizzie cook over the barbecue fire?

2. How many days does it take for Drayle, Fran and Lizzie to travel to the Tawawa resort?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the conditions Lizzie and Philip endured on their summer trips?

4. Whose apron catches fire at the barbecue?

5. What refreshment does Fran get for Lizzie and herself in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it about Mawu's personality that allows her to ask Lizzie if Drayle is "God to you"?

2. What is Reenie's position on the survivor spirit in each slave?

3. How is Lizzie's bondage on the ship more like a slave than a preferred mistress?

4. How does Mawu show that she is intent on running away very soon?

5. Explain the nature of Drayle's character in that he can do much harm under the pretense of doing the right thing.

6. How does the absence of Sweet, Reenie and Mawu alter Lizzie's feelings about Drayle?

7. What does Fran's presence at the Tawawa House mean for Lizzie?

8. What is different for Lizzie during the last trip to the Tawawa House?

9. Why is Drayle's decision to send Nate to school in Ohio a bittersweet one for Lizzie?

10. Describe how the old man who was a freed slave traveling on the train to Ohio signifies the importance of freedom regardless of age?

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