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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. How old is Samuel in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the river by the plantation?

3. Who are looking for Samuel and Emmanuel?

4. In Chapter 8, who gets blamed for spilling water when there are guests for dinner?

5. In Chapter 2, what time is Mattie to bring Elizabeth to her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mattie respond when Lisbeth tells her she found the first crocus?

2. Why isn't Mrs. Ann in charge of the house since she is the mistress of the house?

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, how does Lisbeth spend Sunday afternoons when Mattie is in the quarters?

6. What instructions does Mattie give Samuel before he leaves for the Anderson plantation?

7. How does Lisbeth get Jack and his friends to stop harassing Samuel?

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

9. What happened to Mattie's mother?

10. What is Grandmother Wainwright's history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jonathan Wainwright thinks the slaves are better off in captivity. Why does Jonathan believe that his slaves are better off as slaves?

Essay Topic 2

Flat and round characters appear in the novel. What is the role of flat characters and what type of role do they play when there are conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Lisbeth depends greatly upon Mattie. What type of relationship does Lisbeth have with Mattie?

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