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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the first word that Drayle teaches Lizzie to read?
2. What color is Rabbit's hair?
3. Who is the white woman who promises to show the slaves the way to the resort for freed blacks?
4. In which state do the slaves vacation with their masters?
5. What does Fran do to Lizzie when she witnesses Lizzie slapping Nate for taunting his sister?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Drayle treat Fran regarding his relationship with Lizzie and why does Fran have no recourse for his actions?
2. Why is Fran's relationship with Lizzie's children especially hurtful to Lizzie?
3. Why are Lizzie's children pushed aside when Fran's nephew, Billy, arrives for a visit?
4. Why does Mawu want to escape regardless of the cost and what reasons would the other women slaves at the resort have for joining her?
5. Why are the Drayles' slaves afraid when Fran threatens to sell Lizzie?
6. Who is Big Mama and what is her relationship with Fran?
7. What is Mawu's life like with her master, Tip, on the plantation?
8. How important are the physical looks of Lizzie's children in Fran's world?
9. Why does Lizzie begin to beat her children after they are abandoned by Fran?
10. What is Drayle's demeanor in approaching Lizzie in a sexual relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Glory. What is her role in the story? What is the author trying to accomplish by developing Glory's character in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the rampant racial bigotry in the South in the mid-19th century. What were some of the spoken and unspoken rules of behavior that people like Lizzie and the other slaves had to endure? How did bigotry ruin families and communities? What are some of the scars--physical and emotional--resulting from racial prejudice during this period?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply WENCH? What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.
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