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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. Who helps Lisbeth get water and salve for Mattie?

2. What work does Emanuel do on the plantation?

3. When is Elizabeth born?

4. How old is Lisbeth at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What was Mattie's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What instructions does Mrs. Gray give Mattie after the baby is born?

2. Who is Miss Taylor, and what does she teach daughters of plantation owners?

3. What is Grandmother Wainwright's history?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Mattie tell Lisbeth to do when Mattie is gone and Lisbeth misses her?

5. What sorts of topics are young ladies allowed and not allowed to talk about with young men?

6. How did Mattie meet Emmanuel?

7. What does Ann tell Lisbeth's about her mother?

8. Why doesn't Mattie share Emmanuel's dreams of freedom?

9. Why does Emily come to get Mattie in Chapter 1?

10. What favor does Mattie ask Mrs. Ann?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Emmanuel and Mattie struggle to have a relationship. What challenges make it difficult for them to have a relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Mattie leaves one conch shell for Lisbeth when she leaves. Why does Lisbeth cling to it and then throw the shell away, only to search for it desperately?

Essay Topic 3

Lisbeth wears the conch shell from Mattie to her betrothal party. Why does she wear the shell secretly to the party?

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