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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 does Mr. Shore want to buy from Josiah?
(a) Cotton and wool.
(b) Furniture and slaves.
(c) Ships.
(d) Rum.

2. What has happened to the ship, The Rose, at the end of the novel?
(a) It docks with only 50 slaves.
(b) No one knows and it never returns to port.
(c) It was hijacked.
(d) The boat sunk.

3. After Mehuru speaks to Frances, how does she respond that surprises Mehuru?
(a) She speaks to him coldly.
(b) She complains about how expensive slaves are.
(c) She tells him he is just a slave.
(d) She screams fo Josiah.

4. What advice does Josiah seek from Frances?
(a) How to handle his sister.
(b) Advice about Sir Charles.
(c) Advice on what to do with the Hot Well.
(d) What he should invest in next.

5. What was Mehuru astounded to learn?
(a) There are thousands of slaves buried under the coffeehouse.
(b) There are thousands of free black slaves.
(c) There are thousands of slaves in Bristol.
(d) There are only ten free black slaves in Bristol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josiah's lawyer advise him to do when Josiah is summoned?

2. What does Frances want to do for James?

3. When Frances writes Lord Scott in Chapter 24, what does Frances ask in regard to her marriage?

4. In Chapter 25, who does Sarah warn Josiah about?

5. In Chapter 30, why is Josiah so irritated with Frances?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Josiah continue to make risky business decisions and borrow money against The Rose?

2. Describe Dr. Stuart Hadley.

3. What effect does the bad publicity have on Josiah's Hot Well?

4. What does Mehuru mean when he says, "Cicero was born here."

5. What does Frances's last will and testament reveal?

6. How does Frances stall when it comes to selling the slaves?

7. Why does Josiah take the bookkeeping away from Sarah?

8. Why does Mehuru tell Frances the only way he can be her friend is if he is free?

9. Why do the slaves no longer want to escape?

10. Why is Sarah against giving the dead slave a proper burial?

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