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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first gift Elias ever whittled and who was it for?
(a) A carriage for Clement.
(b) A comb for Celeste.
(c) A horse for Luke.
(d) A doll for Tessie.

2. Why does Robbins continuously raise the asking price for Henry as Augustus attempts to buy his freedom?
(a) Robbins cares for Henry and likes his quaility of work.
(b) Robbins does not believe Henry should be free.
(c) Robbins does not want to separate Henry from his surrogate mother, Rita.
(d) Robbins does not believe any slave should be free.

3. What do these men do to Augustus despite the fact that he is a free man?
(a) Arrest him for being a run away slave.
(b) Sell him to slave traders.
(c) Sell him to William Robbins.
(d) Arrest him for breaking the Act of 1806.

4. What does Alice often do as she walks down the road?
(a) Talks to herself.
(b) Calls for her missing family.
(c) Sings.
(d) Picks weeds.

5. What punishment did Henry hire Oden Peoples to carry out against Elias for attempting to run away?
(a) Cut off his toes.
(b) Cut off his tongue.
(c) Hobble him.
(d) Cut off his ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does John Skiffington work?

2. Why does Travis decide he wants the cow returned to him after he has already sold it?

3. Who was to perform the funeral service for Henry Townsend?

4. What does Skiffington think should be done with Minerva, his slave, if the family were to move?

5. What is Broussard's punishment for his crime?

(see the answer key)

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