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The Known World | Quiz

Edward P. Jones
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The Known World | Quiz

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1)

How does Augustus react to the news that Henry has become a slave owner? (from Chapter 4)

Augustus tells Henry his future is looking bright.
Augustus warns that only trouble can come from a black man acting like a white man.
Augustus congratulates his son and celebrates this moment of glory.
Augustus breaks Henry's shoulder with a walking stick.
2)

How does the comment that Moses is 'world stupid' give John Skiffington a new place to search for Moses? (from Chapter 12)

Skiffington believes Moses might have sought out refuge rather than attempt to leave the county.
Skiffington realizes that Moses might have gone south rather than north.
Skiffington believes Moses might have gone west rather than east.
Skiffington believes Moses would be afraid to leave the county he knows.
3)

What is the major legal issue facing Sheriff Skiffington? (from Chapter 5)

Drunks.
Runaway slaves.
Abolitionists.
Theft.
4)

What threat does Robbins level on Philamena when she returns from Richmond after her second attempt to run away? (from Chapter 4)

That he will see her hanged.
That he will make sure she is left with no money and no place to live.
That he will beat her within an inch of her life.
That her freedom papers will mean nothing if he decides to sell her back into slavery.
5)

What is Broussard's punishment for his crime? (from Chapter 5)

Time served.
A fine.
Hanging.
Life in prison.
6)

What object does Calvin own that inspires his dreams of moving away from Manchester County to find love and passion? (from Chapter 6)

A snowglobe.
A picture of a family.
A magazine article.
A newspaper clipping.
7)

Who says that Moses is 'world stupid', implying that he does not know North from South? (from Chapter 12)

Loretta.
Jamie.
Bennett.
Elias.
8)

Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses? (from Chapter 12)

Counsel.
Barnum.
Oden.
Travis.
9)

What did Maude do to stop her husband from doing what he wanted with his slaves? (from Chapter 6)

Divorced him.
Sued him.
Stabbed him.
Poisoned him.
10)

Who is Clara Martin? (from Chapter 5)

Skiffington's cousin.
Skiffington's mother-in-law.
Skiffington's cousin by marriage.
Skiffington's mother.
11)

Why was a white woman hanged in Bristol in front of more than three hundred people? (from Chapter 9)

For helping a slave escape.
For adultery.
For handing out abolishonist pamphlets.
For laying with a slave.
12)

What does Caldonia order Moses to do in the future in regard to decisions about the slaves? (from Chapter 6)

To make a nightly report to her personally.
To create a democracy where all the slaves make the major decisions.
To leave decision making to her and her family.
To turn over the overseer's job to Louis.
13)

What does Skiffington think should be done with Minerva, his slave, if the family were to move? (from Chapter 5)

She should be sold to a plantation.
She should be freed.
She should remain with the family who cares for her.
She should be forced into a beneficial marriage.
14)

Why does Skiffington fight his lust for this other woman in his life? (from Chapter 10)

The Bible looks down on adultery.
The woman in question has rebuffed his advances.
Skiffington is afraid it will become public gossip.
Skiffington loves his wife.
15)

Who are Louis and Dora? (from Chapter 4)

Robbins' slaves.
Robbins' children with his wife.
Robbins' freed servants.
Robbins' children with Philamena.
16)

Who is Moses afraid might see him as he makes his nightly forays into the woods? (from Chapter 8)

Alice.
Delphie.
Priscilla.
Loretta.
17)

Who has John Skiffington begun to lust after even as he begins to see his career falling apart? (from Chapter 10)

Minerva.
Maude.
Caldonia.
Mildred.
18)

What does Counsel run into as he enters Texas and finds himself surrounded by a pack of dogs? (from Chapter 7)

A militia fighting Mexicans.
A group of immigrants.
A wagon train.
A group of fugitive slaves.
19)

Who is Ray Topps? (from Chapter 11)

A banker.
An insurance man.
A slave owner.
A local merchant.
20)

Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away? (from Chapter 12)

Counsel.
Travis.
Barnum.
Oden.
21)

What did Maude's husband, Tilmon, want to do with their slaves after the death of their third child? (from Chapter 6)

Buy more.
Sell them.
Kill them.
Free them.
22)

What fate lies ahead of Jebediah when it is discovered he has forged his freedom papers? (from Chapter 8)

Constant beatings from his owner.
Death.
Sale to a new owner.
Jail time.
23)

What does Stamford believe is his fate? (from Chapter 6)

To live to see slaves freed.
To die of a wasting disease.
To die soon.
To live until he is the oldest man in the county.
24)

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? (from Chapter 8)

Alice's.
Caldonia's.
Henry's.
Louis'.
25)

Why does Robbins chase down Philamena himself when she runs away to Richmond a second time? (from Chapter 4)

She is his lover.
She is his wife.
She is his slave.
She is his daughter.
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