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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 Mawu give to Lizzie before she leaves?

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

3. How many of Sweet's children have died in a year?.

4. What consumes Lizzie's thoughts as they prepare to leave the resort?

5. What does Lizzie consider regarding Rabbit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Sweet's death so bittersweet for the women?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Create a brief character study of Mawu. 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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