The Known World Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Edward P. Jones
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Known World Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Edward P. Jones
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do these men do to Augustus despite the fact that he is a free man?

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

3. Why do Robbins and Henry come to the sheriff's office to see Skiffington while Broussard is a prisoner there?

4. What is the major legal issue facing Sheriff Skiffington?

5. What gift does John Skiffington's cousin, Counsel, give to him at the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fern disagree with the idea that blacks owning slaves is like owning your own family?

2. Where does Skiffington want to move and what does he plan to do with Minerva once they arrive?

3. Why does Calvin not shake the slaves' hands and what does he wish to do with his own slaves?

4. What or who does Robbins buy from Broussard?

5. What could Fern not break Henry of no matter how hard she worked at it?

6. Why does Robbins continually raise his asking price for Henry Townsend's freedom?

7. For whom does Elias carve a doll? What is significant about this doll?

8. Why does Clara Martin suddenly become convinced that her slave, Ralph, wants to kill her?

9. What is Caldonia's twin brother, Calvin's, opinion on the slaves? Why?

10. Who is Jean Boussard accused of killing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Counsel Skiffington. Who is Counsel? What happens to Counsel's family? Where does Counsel go after this? Why? What happens to Counsel on his journey? What is unusual about these events? How does Counsel respond? Where does Counsel eventually settle? Why? How does Counsel perform at his new job? Is his reaction to pleas for help from the black community favorable? How does this reaction reflect Counsel's personal opinion of blacks? Why does Counsel kill his cousin?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the treatment of slaves in this novel. Who treated the slaves worse, the white plantation owners, the white lawmen, the black slave owners, or the slave overseers? What are the differences between the various treatment of the slaves? Who thought they treated the slaves better? Did they? Why or why not? Is it possible to treat a slave kindly? Should slaves have been freed by their black owners? Is it more morally corrupt for a freed slave to own a slave than a white man who has always been free? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of blacks owning slaves. Why would a black person own slaves? What purpose did the slaves fulfill? What other options did freed slaves have other than owning slaves? Why did some freed slaves choose to own slaves? How did this give them power? How did this change their standing in the community? Were blacks allowed to buy slaves at public auctions? Why or why not? How did freed slaves obtain slaves?

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