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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. 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) Mumford Plantation in North Carolina.
(c) O'Hara Plantation in Mississippi.
(d) Gatewood Plantation in South Carolina.

2. Whom does Samuel Gatewood purchase from Uther Botkin?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Midge.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Sallie.

3. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?
(a) Put up more of a fight.
(b) Pleaded for mercy.
(c) Ran away.
(d) Killed herself.

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

5. What is the name of Uther Botkin's daughter?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Sara.
(d) Susie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Uther Botkin inherit?

2. Who is Jesse?

3. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?

4. How does Silas react after learning that his nephew had sex with a slave?

5. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. When does the story take place?

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