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Dessa Rose Quiz

Williams, Sherley A.

This Study Guide consists of approximately 37 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Dessa Rose.

Dessa Rose by Williams, Sherley A.

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Prologue - Chapter 2

Chapter 6 - Epilogue

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Rufel propose in the Arcopolis hotel that upsets Dessa? (from Chapter 6 - Epilogue)

That Dessa move back to Charleston with her.

That they go back to the Glen without waiting for Nathan, Harker, and Cully.

That she and Nathan get married.

That she travel West with their group.

2.

Why does Dessa ashamed at the thought of taking another lover? (from Chapter 5)

She feels she is betraying Harker.

She does not want to complicate things for Mony

She feels she is betraying Nathan.

She feels she is betraying Kaine.

3.

Why do Dessa's feelings regarding the nickname "devil woman" change? (from Chapter 5)

She starts thinking it makes her sound more powerful than she feels.

She thinks it makes her sound as unstable as she believes Rufel to be.

She fears it makes her sound in communication with Satan.

She thinks it gives her power over Rufel.

4.

What reason does Nehemiah give Dessa for writing? (from Prologue - Chapter 2)

He wants to be able to tell true stories about real people.

He wants to help others to be happy in the life they have been given.

He wants to be able to expose the atrocities of slave labor.

He wants to help slaveowners better control their slaves.

5.

Who helps the men release Dessa from her captivity? (from Prologue - Chapter 2)

Ada.

Jamina.

Annabelle.

Rufel.

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