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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. Which one of the slave women does Lizzie begin to teach how to read and write?
(a) Addie.
(b) Mawu.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Reenie.

2. Who is the girl Philip has been seeing?
(a) Tootie.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Jane.
(d) Virginia.

3. What does a black child place on the barbecue fire?
(a) Some peaches.
(b) A fish.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A can of beans.

4. Who delivers a message from Philip to Lizzie?
(a) Philip's wife.
(b) Mawu.
(c) George.
(d) Glory.

5. Where is Sweet's body found?
(a) Hanging from a tree.
(b) Lying over the mock graves of her children.
(c) On a road.
(d) In the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Mawu utter to Lizzie when she comes rushing toward Lizzie who is hanging out the laundry?

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

3. What do the slave women do while their master goes hunting during their third summer trip?

4. From whom does Lizzie receive a letter at the resort?

5. How is Sweet buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What spiritual connection does Mawu feel for Lizzie?

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

3. How has Lizzie romanticized her position in the Drayle household throughout the novel?

4. How does Lizzie show her naivete regarding the rape on the ship and Drayle's reaction to it?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. How does the African legend of Mawu and Lisa give Lizzie hope for her future?

10. Does the author bring closure to Lizzie's story at the end of the novel?

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