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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At whose home does Skiffington come to believe Moses is hiding out?
(a) Gilly Patterson's.
(b) William Robbins'.
(c) Caldonia Townsend's.
(d) Mildred Townsend's.

2. Whose birth does Moses claim to have been present at, even though the reader knows Moses was not in Manchester County until many years later?
(a) Alice's.
(b) Caldonia's.
(c) Henry's.
(d) Louis'.

3. Who claims that Jebediah forged his freedom papers?
(a) His owner, Rev. Wilbur Mann.
(b) Oden Peoples.
(c) Ramsey.
(d) Sheriff Skiffington.

4. What happens to nine-year-old Abundance Crawford during the journey south with the slave traders?
(a) She dies and they have a nice, impromtu funeral for her on the side of the road.
(b) She dies and is left abandoned on the side of the road.
(c) She breaks a leg and is left abandoned on the side of the road.
(d) She becomes ill and is left with some racist slave patrollers on the side of the road.

5. Who does Robbins charge with finding Caldonia's lost slaves after admitting he has lost faith in John Skiffington as sheriff?
(a) Louis.
(b) Moses.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Counsel.

6. Why does this family turn on Counsel the very next morning, after offering him shelter and food the night before?
(a) Counsel stole money from their home.
(b) Counsel allowed the woman of the house to seduce him.
(c) Counsel was caught stealing a horse.
(d) Counsel revealed himself to be prejudice against blacks.

7. Who has John Skiffington begun to lust after even as he begins to see his career falling apart?
(a) Minerva.
(b) Caldonia.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Maude.

8. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?
(a) For killing patients with drug overdoses.
(b) For admitting the cadavers speak to him.
(c) For failing his mid-term exams.
(d) For abusing the nurses.

9. Who decides to buy Jebediah when it is learned that he forged his freedom papers and is to return to his original owner?
(a) Caldonia.
(b) Maude.
(c) Fern.
(d) Robbins.

10. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?
(a) Gloria and Stamford.
(b) Stamford, Delphie, and Elias.
(c) Moses, Gloria, and Clement.
(d) Moses, Elias, and Celeste.

11. What possession does Tessie show everyone, a possession she will cherish until she dies more than eighty years later?
(a) The doll Elias carved for her.
(b) A horse and buggy carving Moses gave her.
(c) A horse Elias carved for her.
(d) A dress made for her dead baby sister.

12. Who is Ray Topps?
(a) A slave owner.
(b) A local merchant.
(c) A banker.
(d) An insurance man.

13. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?
(a) Barnum.
(b) Travis.
(c) Counsel.
(d) Oden.

14. Why does Skiffington fight his lust for this other woman in his life?
(a) The Bible looks down on adultery.
(b) Skiffington is afraid it will become public gossip.
(c) The woman in question has rebuffed his advances.
(d) Skiffington loves his wife.

15. Who are the majority of the employees at the hotel/restaurant/saloon that Alice, Priscilla, and James own in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Minorities of all racial backgrounds.
(b) Poor whites.
(c) Runaway slaves.
(d) Freed blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?

2. Who does Moses think needs to be out of the picture to clear the way for Caldonia to free him and marry him?

3. Who claims to be sick the following day and unable to work in the fields as ordered?

4. Where does Counsel hope to eventually make his home?

5. Who is named overseer in the wake of Moses' disappearance?

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