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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Saskia Wilhelm?
(a) An immigrant from Lyberia.
(b) An immigrant from England.
(c) An immigrant from Ireland.
(d) An immigrant from the Netherlands.

4. What habit does Ramsey have that causes trouble for him and for Fern?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Fighting.

5. What does Moses expect Caldonia to do for him now that his family is gone and he is Caldonia's lover?
(a) To free him.
(b) To make him a paid employee.
(c) To sell him.
(d) To move him into the main house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the majority of the employees at the hotel/restaurant/saloon that Alice, Priscilla, and James own in Washington, D.C.?

2. What does Caldonia order Moses to do in the future in regard to decisions about the slaves?

3. Why does Robbins chase down Philamena himself when she runs away to Richmond a second time?

4. What punishment did Henry hire Oden Peoples to carry out against Elias for attempting to run away?

5. What state are the slave traders who bought free man Augustus Townsend heading to?

(see the answer key)

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