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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flash say is the only thing extraordinary about Brown?
(a) His gray eyes.
(b) His strong chin.
(c) His flared nostrils.
(d) His sense of humor.

2. For whose sake does Flash want to survive?
(a) Jemima's.
(b) The Queen's.
(c) Brown's.
(d) Elspeth's.

3. How does Annette react when Flash mentions her relationship with Joe?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She cries.
(c) She hits him.
(d) She asks him to leave.

4. Where is the train that the railway guard boards heading?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Baltimore.

5. About whose fate does Hannah ask?
(a) Joe's.
(b) Atropos's.
(c) Brown's.
(d) Stuart's.

6. Who does the doctor leave the town to alert?
(a) The militia.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The Ku-Klux-Klan.
(d) The police.

7. In whose hands does Brown say he, his men and the hostages are?
(a) The government's.
(b) The town's.
(c) Flash's.
(d) God's.

8. Why is Flash confident Joe will not expose him?
(a) Joe is badly wounded.
(b) Joe would have to also expose himself.
(c) Joe is a coward.
(d) Joe will not rat on a white man.

9. What is the name of the first bridge the group captures?
(a) Custer Bridge.
(b) Golden Bridge.
(c) Potomac Bridge.
(d) Shenandoah Bridge.

10. What does Joe say he would be if he wasn't a slave?
(a) A student.
(b) White trash.
(c) Black trash.
(d) A writer.

11. How does Flash say Brown acted in victory?
(a) Dreamy.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Starry.

12. What nationality is Alan Pinkerton?
(a) Welsh.
(b) English.
(c) Irish.
(d) Scottish.

13. For what dos the south respect Brown?
(a) His clear aims.
(b) His love of life.
(c) His courage.
(d) His religious beliefs.

14. What does Flash claim all Americans are?
(a) Nosy.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Fake.
(d) Strange.

15. Who does Flash call a slow-thinking dreamer?
(a) Brown.
(b) Joe.
(c) Annette.
(d) Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Flash describe Messervey?

2. Brown thinks his death will lead to what?

3. Who is considered the arch agitator?

4. As what does the farmhouse serve?

5. What is the name of the most famous black man in America?

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