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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. Where does Amos get his horse?
(a) He gets it as a gift.
(b) He finds it.
(c) It is left to him in Mrs. Richardson's will.
(d) He buys it from a customer.

2. When do the slavers allow their captives the first rest on their march?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Sunset.

3. How long is the trip from Africa to the intended destination?
(a) Three months.
(b) Four months.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

4. What are Americans becoming unhappy with while Amos lives with the Richardsons?
(a) Taxes.
(b) English rule.
(c) The new government.
(d) The poor crops.

5. Why is At-mun forced to stay on the ship until the last stop?
(a) He is rude to the slavers.
(b) He is at the back of the ship.
(c) He is one of the strongest.
(d) He still has some will in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amos ask his second master for after serving him for a long time?

2. What does Amos ask of his new owner?

3. What is the name of Amos's third wife's youngest daughter?

4. What is wrong with the king's daughter?

5. What is the name of the second woman Amos falls in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is At-mun captured?

2. What is Richardson's plan to free Amos and how is this plan received?

3. What happens when the cobbler comes to pay Amos for the work he did?

4. What does At-mun do when the big commotion occurs at the beginning of the book?

5. What happens to Amos when Mr. Copeland died?

6. What do the Copelands teach the slave boy while he stays with them?

7. What does Amos do with the money he earns from the Copelands and why?

8. How does Mrs. Copeland feel about the slave boy her husband has brought home?

9. How does the ceremony at the beginning of the book start out?

10. How does the stableman treat Amos in his way through Keene?

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