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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 killed his horse.
(b) His boss stole his horse.
(c) His boss fired him.
(d) His boss cheated him of his wages.

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

3. What type of contract did Aaron have to sign to get work?
(a) A free worker contract.
(b) A slave contract.
(c) A farmhand contract.
(d) A sharecropping labor contract.

4. What was Willie James' nickname?
(a) Butch.
(b) Ruch.
(c) Mouth.
(d) Swan.

5. What did the son of Thomas Bauskett become?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A plantation owner.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A writer.

6. What does Butterfield say was everything for the settlers of the county?
(a) Thy land.
(b) Honor.
(c) Money.
(d) Religion.

7. Who did Aaron marry after his first separation?
(a) Lucyl Mobley Pou.
(b) Tilda Mobley Pou.
(c) Marie Mobley Pou.
(d) Sophia Mobley Pou.

8. What did Willie James do after he started to attend school?
(a) He starting spending time in the library.
(b) He skipped school.
(c) He started taking one on one lessons.
(d) He started teaching.

9. What was Butch finally diagnosed as at Bellevue Hospital?
(a) Psychopath.
(b) Schisophrenic.
(c) Sociopath.
(d) Anti-social personality disorder.

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

11. Why did the crime rate increase in 1903 according to W.E.B. DuBois?
(a) Whites created a police system to deal with blacks alone.
(b) Whites didn't report crimes by whites.
(c) The police made up crimes to boost the statistics.
(d) A better record keeping system was put in place.

12. Where did Marie go after leaving Willie James with Frances?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington.
(d) Boston.

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

14. When did Thomas Bauskett's son decide to sell his slaves and plantations?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1853.

15. When was Butch placed on parole?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Willie James become part of a gang?

3. When was Edgefield conquered by the Union Army according to Part 1, Chapter 3?

4. What did the whites of South Carolina fear?

5. Why did James start carrying a knife?

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