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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which woman does Elias develop an affection for while a slave on the Townsend Plantation?
(a) Celeste.
(b) Delphie.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Gloria.

3. What fear causes Clara to call Skiffington to her home?
(a) That her slave, Ralph, is going to kill her.
(b) That her slave, Ralph, is going to run away.
(c) That her slave, Ralph, is dying.
(d) That her slave, Ralph, is stealing from her.

4. Why do Alice's owners put up with her odd behavior?
(a) Alice is a brillant artist.
(b) Alice is entertaining.
(c) Alice is a good worker.
(d) Alice is the daughter of the owner's cousin.

5. Who are Henry's favorite authors?
(a) Milton and Dante.
(b) Milton and Gray.
(c) Shakespeare and Austen.
(d) Shakespeare and Gray.

6. What does Skiffington think should be done with Minerva, his slave, if the family were to move?
(a) She should be forced into a beneficial marriage.
(b) She should be sold to a plantation.
(c) She should be freed.
(d) She should remain with the family who cares for her.

7. What gift does John Skiffington's cousin, Counsel, give to him at the wedding?
(a) A child slave.
(b) A new house.
(c) A middle-aged slave.
(d) A new carriage.

8. What does the Act of 1806 require?
(a) That all freed slaves pay extra taxes on their income.
(b) That all freed slaves leave Virginia within twelve months.
(c) That all freed slaves carry freedom papers.
(d) That all freed slaves register with local law enforcement.

9. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?
(a) Free the slaves.
(b) Stop grieving and make a decision regarding the slaves.
(c) Stop grieving and remarry.
(d) Sell the plantation and the slaves.

10. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?
(a) Augustus Townsend.
(b) An immigrant named Mary Conlon.
(c) William Robbins.
(d) A cop named Paddy Smith.

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

12. What is the first job Henry has after winning his freedom from slavery?
(a) Making boots.
(b) Caring for the horses on a local farm.
(c) Working in cotton fields.
(d) Making furniture with his father.

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

14. What does Caldonia order Moses to do in the future in regard to decisions about the slaves?
(a) To make a nightly report to her personally.
(b) To create a democracy where all the slaves make the major decisions.
(c) To leave decision making to her and her family.
(d) To turn over the overseer's job to Louis.

15. Why did John Skiffington leave North Carolina?
(a) His father had a dream that they should free their slaves and all the slaves of the state.
(b) To bury his mother in her home state.
(c) To move to a state where slave ownership was legal and encouraged.
(d) To be closer to his father's relatives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What inspires the punishment Henry orders for Elias when he is caught attempting to run away?

3. Who dies as his wife and teacher discuss the fate of two slaves whose owner has died?

4. What did Maude's husband, Tilmon, want to do with their slaves after the death of their third child?

5. Where does the shipping crate take Rita?

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