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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 12, Butch, The Prisoner and the Scholar, Chapter 13, Butch and Willie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many elective offices did African Americans take in the early 1870's?
(a) 5 out of 8.
(b) 4 out of 9.
(c) 4 out of 10.
(d) 4 out of 8.

2. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?
(a) 96 out of 156.
(b) 126 out of 156.
(c) 116 out of 156.
(d) 106 out of 156.

3. How long after escaping was Butch captured?
(a) Twenty hours.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Twelve hours.

4. When was Butch released from Bellevue?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1956.

5. What did the whites of South Carolina fear?
(a) That the newly freed slaves would leave the state.
(b) That there was no mechanism to control African Americans.
(c) That there was no longer any profit in farming.
(d) That the newly freed slaves would enslave them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected in the elections of 1876?

2. Where did Butch go after his escape from the mental hospital?

3. When did Butch's trial start?

4. What did the whites name their plan to prevent African Americans from voting?

5. Why did Governor Carey send Willie to prison after his transfer out of the prison?

(see the answer key)

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