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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 consumes Lizzie's thoughts as they prepare to leave the resort?
(a) Escaping.
(b) Her unborn child.
(c) Killing Drayle.
(d) Sweet.

2. Who is Reenie secretly hiding in her cottage when Lizzie comes to visit?
(a) Virginia.
(b) A young girl.
(c) Mawu.
(d) Philip.

3. What does Mawu give to Lizzie before she leaves?
(a) A pamphlet.
(b) A potion.
(c) A map of safe houses.
(d) A scarf.

4. What request does Philip make of Lizzie?
(a) Will she teach him to read and write.
(b) Will she run away with him.
(c) Will she speak to Drayle about selling him.
(d) Will she go swimming with him.

5. Why does Mawu want Glory to "fix" her?
(a) She doesn't want any more children.
(b) She wants to read and write.
(c) She needs a salve for a skin rash.
(d) She wants to play the piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fran hold vigil over Lizzie when Lizzie is ill?

2. In what state does Lizzie live with her master?

3. What does Philip offer to do for Lizzie when he meets her?

4. Where does Reenie now work as a maid?

5. How many of Sweet's children have died in a year?.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most obvious reason that Lizzie does not run away from Drayle at the end of the story?

2. How does the author address the topics of slave catchers and abolitionists?

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

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

5. What is Reenie's position on aging and freedom?

6. 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?

7. Where has Reenie escaped to and what keeps Lizzie from running away immediately?

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

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

10. What frightens Lizzie about the prospect that Drayle could free Philip?

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