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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first word Frances teaches the slaves?
(a) Table.
(b) Chair.
(c) Ship.
(d) Master.

2. What does Sarah want to teach Frances?
(a) How to clean thehouse.
(b) How to sail a ship.
(c) How to balance the ships' books.
(d) How to be a lady.

3. What group is Josiah desperate to be a part of?
(a) The Merchant Venturers.
(b) The Scott Family.
(c) The Abolitionists.
(d) The Parliament.

4. At the end of the lesson in Chapter 12, what does Sarah accuse Frances of being?
(a) Angry.
(b) Ungrateful.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Vaporish.

5. How does Sarah reassure Frances about the slaves?
(a) She tells her they are less than human.
(b) She tells her they will be free.
(c) She tells her they are canibals.
(d) She tells her they will be treated as servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Died of Shame" eat?

2. What does Sir Charles do to Frances during lunch?

3. How does Mehuru feel about his new name?

4. How can Sarah Cole be described?

5. How can Josiah and Sarah Cole's apartment be described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mehuru doubt Frances's sincerity and emotion?

2. What does Frances learn about the business through Sarah?

3. Why do the slaves say their names are "Despair," "Homeless," "Grief," and "Died of Shame?"

4. What does it mean when Mehuru taps on the table in order to communicate to the others?

5. What causes Frances to feel tender towards Josiah?

6. What concerns the slaves about the way in which Died of Shame was buried?

7. What does Sir Charles believe about slaves?

8. How do Josiah and Frances help one another?

9. Why doesn't Josiah listen to Sarah when it comes to finances?

10. When Josiah refers to Frances's furniture as "old stuff," what does this reveal about him?

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