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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters Eight through Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Silas's nephew offer the slave for sex?
(a) Two bits.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) One bit.
(d) Two dollars.

2. Who accompanies Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to the jail after they are sentenced?
(a) Samuel Gatewood.
(b) Uther Botkin.
(c) Opal.
(d) The warden and his wife.

3. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?
(a) For being abolitionists.
(b) For stealing money.
(c) For killing someone.
(d) For the mistreatment of slaves.

4. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?
(a) Stratford Plantation in Virginia.
(b) O'Hara Plantation in Mississippi.
(c) Mumford Plantation in North Carolina.
(d) Gatewood Plantation in South Carolina.

5. Two years after the big storm, what is Samuel's son guarding in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) The area prior to the hanging of John Brown.
(b) The area prior to the hanging of Jake Bowers.
(c) The area prior to the hanging of Matt Louis.
(d) The area prior to the hanging of Mike Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?

2. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?

3. Years ago, what name was Miss Marguerite known by?

4. Why does Samuel Gatewood want his slave to be married?

5. What did Uther Botkin inherit?

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