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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

According to Caleb's letter, how did Josephine die? (from “Part Three: Lina, Caleb, Josephine; Chapters 1 and 2)

She died in childbirth.

She was killed by patrollers.

She committed suicide in a Philadelphia hotel room.

She developed a lung infection and died of pneumonia.

2.

What is the subject of Oscar's most recent art project? (from Part One: Josephine, Lina; Chapters 1 and 2)

Lina.

Lina's mother, Grace.

Women in corporate America.

Slavery

3.

What is the basis for the lawsuit Lina is working on for Ron Dresser? (from Part One: Josephine, Lina; Chapters 3 and 4)

That blacks should have been paid when they were taken from Africa.

That companies benefitted from slave labor and should pay reparations.

That slavery was legal at one point when it should not have been.

That companies kept slaves working long past the Civil War and owed them back wages.

4.

What is the clue that leads Lina to believe the little slave boy Joseph might be important in "Part Three: Lina, Caleb, Josephine; Chapters 1 & 2"? (from “Part Three: Lina, Caleb, Josephine; Chapters 1 and 2)

The high price someone paid Mr. Standmore for the little boy.

Miss Lu's diary that gives details about the boy's birth.

The fact that Joseph is a derivative of Josephine.

Mr. Stanmore's notation that he promised never to sell the boy.

5.

Why does Miss Lu say she cut her face in "Part One: Josephine, Lina: Chapters 7-10"? (from Part One: Josephine, Lina; Chapters 7-10)

She no longer needs her beauty.

She is trying to commit suicide.

She does not do it on purpose.

She is trying to get rid of the tumor.

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