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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 50 - 105).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Washington feel so wretched when he sees Big Kit in the big house again in Chapter 10?
(a) Big Kit shouts at him and tells him never to speak to her again.
(b) Big Kit is pregnant and looks very ill.
(c) Big Kit has lost an eye and seems to be at death's door.
(d) Big Kit seems to have taken another young slave boy under her wing, and Washington is jealous.

2. How does Titch describe the visitor who is coming in Chapter 8 to Washington?
(a) Brutally mean.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Mentally unstable.
(d) Highly intelligent.

3. What does Philip say to Washington the first time he sees his face after the burning accident?
(a) He says Washington is an ugly thing now.
(b) He says Washington will never serve in a house now.
(c) He says Washington would be better off dead.
(d) He says Washington's face actually looks better.

4. Where is Big Kit from?
(a) England.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Dahomey.
(d) Virginia.

5. Who is the female slave Washington is closest to at Faith Plantation?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Esther.
(c) Big Kit.
(d) Emilie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Philip tell Erasmus and Titch in Chapter 10?

2. What does Titch tell Washington he will teach him at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does Erasmus Wilde compare the slaves to in Chapter 4, during conversation with Titch?

4. What is Washington's full name?

5. What particular aquatic creature is a favorite of Washington's from the volumes he reads in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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