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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 do the women notice about Reenie when they pull her from the water?

2. Drayle tells Lizzie that the Tawawa House is to be converted into ________________________.

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

4. What does Lizzie learn about what happens to Mawu?

5. What does Lizzie consider regarding Rabbit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the author address the topics of slave catchers and abolitionists?

5. How does Lizzie show her naivete regarding the rape on the ship and Drayle's reaction to it?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Reenie's behavior show that her life has changed dramatically for the worse in the time since she saw the other women last Summer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply WENCH? What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.

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 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?

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