Middle Passage | Multiple Choice Test Questions

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Multiple Choice - Entry 1: June 14, 1830

1. Where did freedman Rutherford Calhoun work when he was a slave?
a) As a house slave.
b) In the gardens.
c) In the cotton fields.
d) In the corn fields.

2. What does Rutherford say New Orleans women always smell like?
a) Roses.
b) Gardenias.
c) Lilacs.
d) Wisteria.

3. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?
a) Restaurants and the shipyard..
b) Salons.
c) Negro bars.
d) Salons and negro bars.

4. What does Rutherford eventually take up as a career?
a) Murder.
b) Carpentry.
c) Sales.
d)...
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