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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 has Drayle not told Fran?

2. Who delivers a message from Philip to Lizzie?

3. How does Fran react when Lizzie tells her that she has drunk a special tea to abort a baby?

4. Who is the cook at the Tawawa House who befriends Lizzie?

5. What becomes of Reenie and Mawu after the cottage fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Drayle show that, while favorites of his, Lizzie and Philip are not above being punished and reminded of their slave status in life?

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

4. Why has Mawu waited a year in the cabin in the woods after running away from her master?

5. Why does Sweet's master behave so cavalierly at her death?

6. Why does religion play such a big part in the lives and deaths of the slaves?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several events of foreshadowing in WENCH. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 2

What is the greatest lesson Lizzie learns from Mawu? Is it that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Lizzie always recall about her experiences during her time with Mawu?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of black women in the American South in the mid-19th century. What precedents did these women feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? How did their lives compare to black women living in the North during the same time period?

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