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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Florens describe Rebekka?
(a) Noble.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Praiseworthy.
(d) Sweet.

2. What did Jacob do to make money in the North?
(a) Taught.
(b) Farmed.
(c) Traded.
(d) Wrote.

3. How often does Florens get to talk to Reverend Father?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Twice a month.
(d) Once a month.

4. Why is Florens so excited to go get the blacksmith for Rebekka?
(a) He is her lover.
(b) He can save her master.
(c) She wants to leave the farm.
(d) She will get to see her mother.

5. How old was Rebekka when she set out into the world?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

6. What skills does Lina say she had to hone to survive on the farm?
(a) House skills.
(b) Trust skills.
(c) Memory skills.
(d) Hermit skills.

7. How is the blacksmith different from other black men?
(a) He was born in America.
(b) He is free.
(c) He is educated.
(d) He can read.

8. What does Florens say there are too many of in her life?
(a) Signs.
(b) Souls.
(c) Tragedies.
(d) People.

9. What did Jacob not agree with in the government?
(a) The National Bank.
(b) The brewing war.
(c) The laws of slavery.
(d) The Constitution.

10. From what disease does Jacob die?
(a) Typhoid Fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Consumption.

11. What does Jacob tell D'Oretgas that he refuses to trade for money?
(a) Flesh.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Land.

12. How is Lina different from other slaves?
(a) She was born in Africa.
(b) She is Native American.
(c) She looks white.
(d) She is very old.

13. Why does Florens say Rebekka sometimes slaps her slaves?
(a) To teach them.
(b) To protect them.
(c) To vent frustration.
(d) To put them in their place.

14. Why couldn't Lina save her family?
(a) She was chained up.
(b) She was too young.
(c) She was too sick.
(d) She was too scared.

15. Why does Florens wish Lina was with her as she heads to get the blacksmith?
(a) She is so weak.
(b) She is older and calm.
(c) She knows about being outdoors.
(d) She can cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Minha Mae not sent with Florens when she is sent to another slave owner?

2. Who told Florens about the protector spirits?

3. Why does Jacob take Florens with him?

4. How does Florens calm her fears while heading to get the blacksmith?

5. What does Florens help boil in big vats?

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