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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. Why does Amos refuse to marry the woman he loves when he first falls in love with her?
(a) He is too old for her.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She is still a slave.
(d) He does not have enough money to buy her.

2. How does Amos describe the town he rides through before proposing to his third wife?
(a) Eden.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Home.

3. What does Mrs. Richardson do when her husband dies?
(a) Gives Amos his freedom.
(b) Moves back to England.
(c) Sells her husband's farm.
(d) Sells Amos.

4. How many natural children do the Copelands have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. Who does not like the idea of indenturing Amos to Mr. Richardson?
(a) Amos.
(b) Lily.
(c) Mrs. Richardson.
(d) Mr. Richardson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does someone want to do with the horse before Amos gets it?

2. What does At-mun do every Sunday?

3. What instrument does the king play at the beginning of this book?

4. What does Mr. Copeland teach At-mun to do?

5. What is Mrs. Copeland's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the slaves fed when they are on the beach, and why?

3. Why does Amos wait so long to marry his first wife?

4. How much does Amos pay for his second wife, and why does he agree to this?

5. How does Mrs. Copeland respond when her husband brings home a slave boy?

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

7. How is At-mun captured?

8. What happens when the slave ship reaches the beach to pick up the slavers and the captives?

9. What does Mr. Copeland offer Amos that he refuses, and why does he refuse the offer?

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

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