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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 does Drayle do as a result of the complaints of the slave in #67?

2. What does Fran try to do to Lizzie while Drayle is out in the fields one day?

3. Why does Drayle move Lizzie back into the big house?

4. Which of the slave children does Yancy especially admire?

5. For what holiday does Fran order the entire house to be cleaned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Drayles' slaves afraid when Fran threatens to sell Lizzie?

2. How does Philip view Lizzie's relationship with Drayle and why won't Philip allow any contact between himself and Lizzie?

3. Who is Mawu?

4. Why are Lizzie's children pushed aside when Fran's nephew, Billy, arrives for a visit?

5. Explain what the author means by "Reenie's look"?

6. How would Fran's selling Lizzie hurt Drayle and what point would Fran be making by doing this?

7. What is Drayle's demeanor in approaching Lizzie in a sexual relationship?

8. How does the dinner party between the white men and their slave women show how the slaves are viewed by freed blacks?

9. Why does Fran's behavior fluctuate between listlessness and determination throughout the book?

10. What is Mawu's life like with her master, Tip, on the plantation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Drayle. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are his dreams and fears? What is most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Fran. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are her dreams and fears? What is most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Reenie. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are her dreams and fears? What is most valuable to her in her world?

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