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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 Lizzie do when Drayle refuses to answer her request?

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

3. What does Lizzie give to Mawu before she leaves?

4. Who is Reenie secretly hiding in her cottage when Lizzie comes to visit?

5. What does Mawu give to Lizzie before she leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the ultimate decision Lizzie makes regarding her pregnancy and her ultimate goal?

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

4. Why does Lizzie think that Drayle freed Philip for her sake?

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

6. What reasons do the other slaveholders give to Drayle for why he should free Philip?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Sweet. 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 2

Racial prejudice takes on an almost human persona in this book. What are the sources of prejudice in the story? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Dolen Perkins-Valdez' use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author uses them where she does.

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