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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V, Chapter 16, Willie, A Monster Created by the System, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the whites, who feared the newly freed slaves, start in South Carolina?
(a) Guerrilla war against blacks.
(b) Selling off their properties.
(c) Plans to import Chinese workers.
(d) A series of lawsuits.

2. Where did the violence in the county originate from according to Butterfield?
(a) The absence of organized government.
(b) The availability of guns.
(c) Old blood feuds between families and clans.
(d) Poor economic conditions.

3. What did Laura insist Willie was after his return home?
(a) A person of honor.
(b) A good person.
(c) A bad person.
(d) A damaged person.

4. What was the psychiatric staff convinced of about Willie?
(a) He could get better.
(b) He would kill someone one day.
(c) He would be a fine addition to society.
(d) He would be back.

5. What county was the most violent of the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Boldfield County.
(b) Highfield County.
(c) Lowfield County.
(d) Edgefield County.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Michael Schoenfield in prison?

2. When was James Bosket drafted into the army?

3. Where did Willie James and his other grandmother, Cora Mae Jones, go when he was 8?

4. How many seats of the legislature did African Americans take in the early 1870's?

5. What mount were many slaves kept at for over a century?

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