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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. What does Jaffrey not have room for when Amos first gets there?
(a) Indentured servants.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Freeloaders.
(d) A free black family.

2. What does Violet tell Amos she would not do when he comes back?
(a) Stand between him and his money.
(b) Argue with her husband and leader.
(c) Disrespect his authority.
(d) Keep him from doing what he feels is right.

3. What does Amos say he is proud of Violet for when he comes back to his house?
(a) Looking to the future.
(b) Expressing herself.
(c) Using her freedom.
(d) Apologizing.

4. Where does Amos usually hide his saved money?
(a) The cupboards.
(b) His bed.
(c) His drawer.
(d) The fireplace.

5. What fills up Amos's house when it is first built in Jaffrey?
(a) Violet's paintings.
(b) Their furniture.
(c) Tools.
(d) The tanning business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is built for Amos when he first gets to Jaffrey?

2. What does Amos spend his saved money on during the first few years at his new farm?

3. Where in the church in Jaffrey is Amos allowed to sit?

4. What does Violet's daughter like to do in Jaffrey while Amos works during the summer?

5. What does the person Amos bid on do in the middle of house projects?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Amos gets to his land when he first moves to Jaffrey?

2. What is Amos's house in Jaffrey filled with during the first summer, and why?

3. What does Amos do when he hears that his wife had hidden his money?

4. What does Amos spend his weekdays doing during his first summer in Jaffrey?

5. What does Violet do when she sees what Amos plans to do for Lois Burdoo?

6. What do Violet and Ceylinda do after Polly's death?

7. What happens that causes Amos to go home and write his will?

8. What does Amos hear on the mountain that he sees as a sign from God?

9. What does Amos tell Violet when Violet says that Polly had been born free?

10. What is Amos most worried about when he moves to Jaffrey, and what gives him comfort in this worry?

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