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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had the hanged man killled his boss at the start of Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) His boss fired him.
(b) His boss stole his horse.
(c) His boss cheated him of his wages.
(d) His boss killed his horse.

2. How old was Willie James when he enrolled in school?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

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

4. Where was Butch sent after appearing in children's court?
(a) The Children's Center in Jersey.
(b) The Children's Center in Queens.
(c) The Children's Center in Harlem.
(d) The Children's Center in Washington..

5. How old was Pud in 1910?
(a) 25.
(b) 21.
(c) 20.
(d) 26.

6. What laws were created that was the basis for segregation?
(a) The Jim Crow laws.
(b) The South Protection laws.
(c) The Greeny Laws.
(d) The Markus Brow laws.

7. What did Pickens see South Carolina as having the power and right to do?
(a) Make its own moral code.
(b) Nullify federal laws.
(c) Secede from the Union.
(d) Use slaves as cattle.

8. When did the name of Willie Bosket's great, great grandfather appear on the voter registration list?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1869.

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

10. When was Pickens elected to Congress?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1835.

11. Who did James become enamored with?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A cook.
(c) A farm hand.
(d) A waitress.

12. When was Willie James born?
(a) March 6, 1940.
(b) March 6, 1942.
(c) March 6, 1943.
(d) March 6, 1941.

13. What did young blacks use in place of "honor"?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Respect.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Endurance.

14. Who did the people of Edgefield vote for in the first election allowing freed men to vote?
(a) One white and three African Americans.
(b) One white and four African Americans.
(c) Two whites and four African Americans.
(d) Three whites and four African Americans.

15. What was the name of Willie Bosket's great, great grandfather?
(a) Lusius Bosket.
(b) Morgan Bosket.
(c) Robert Bosket.
(d) Aaron Bosket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Aaron marry after his first separation?

2. When did Thomas Bauskett buy his son a slave?

3. How many more murders than Massachusetts did the county have up until the 1930's?

4. When did the state and federal elections of the late 1860's take place?

5. How many congressional seats did African Americans take in South Carolina in the early 1870's?

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