Traumas
Abandoned by her mother for her brother
Who is Florens?
The now eradicated virus that killed Jacob
A Minha Mae describes the brutal conditions on a slave ship crossing the Atlantic.
What is the last chapter/chapter 12?
Hatred of women
What is misogyny?
Florens
Where is America?
Sole survivor of shipwreck, raped multiple times
Who is Sorrow?
_____ was not yet officially racialized when the story "a mercy" took place.
What is slavery?
Jacob rescues a young raccoon stuck in a tree
What is Jacob's Chapter/Chapter 2
Florens is _____ with the blacksmith
What is smitten?
Jacob Vaark
Raised in unloving, violent family
Who is Rebekka?
What century did "a mercy" take place in?
What is the 17th century?
Willard and Scully act as midwives
What is Sorrow's Chapter/Chapter 8
Scully's comments on Lina and Florens
What is sordid?
Rebekka
Where is England?
Schooled, loved and betrayed by an Anglican curate
Who is Scully?
What was the primary religion in England at the time?
What is Anglicanism?
A group of Native American boys gives Florens some water to drink
The situation Sorrow was in when the shipwreck happened
What is precarious?
D'Ortega
Where is Portugal?
Indentured servant since childhood
Who is Willard?
What modern day state did "a mercy" take place in
What is Maryland/Virginia?
Florens is forced to hide from wolves by climbing a tree
What is Chapter 5 (Florens)?
The blacksmith, after seeing Florens and a beat-up Malaik
What is roiled?
Willard
Where is England?