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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Skiffington often stop to do while traveling on horseback?
(a) Read his Bible.
(b) Fish.
(c) Speak with neighbors.
(d) Eat.

2. What word does Maude use to refer to Caldonia and Calvin's slaves?
(a) Power.
(b) Legacy.
(c) Shame.
(d) Disgrace.

3. Who falls in love with Saskia, making life infinitely easier for Counsel Skiffington?
(a) An unhappy slave.
(b) A creditor.
(c) A majority owner in the plantation.
(d) A rival neighbor.

4. What ailment does Robbins suffer from?
(a) High blood pressure.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Seizures.
(d) Diabetes.

5. What event caused the loss of county records in Manchester County?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) The dissolution of the county.
(c) A 1912 fire.
(d) The Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of writing does Anderson Frazier do?

2. Who is chosen to be sheriff when Patterson resigns two years later?

3. Why do people believe Alice wanders at night?

4. Who arrives in Manchester County, causing John Skiffington to think of Rip Van Winkle?

5. What has Fern's mother taught her about the man she should marry?

(see the answer key)

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