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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. Which of the following does Lizzie NOT wish for?

2. At the resort, Lizzie has dreams about what?

3. What is the name of the town which is the destination of the summer trips?

4. What animal does Mawu use in a voodoo ritual at Sweet's burial?

5. In what state does Sweet live with her master?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has Reenie escaped to and what keeps Lizzie from running away immediately?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 2

WENCH is a classic example of historical fiction. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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