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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of Africa does this book begin?

2. What is Mr. Richardson's occupation?

3. What image does At-mun fight to keep while he is on the ship?

4. What is strange to the king's son about the men who drag him away?

5. What do the other slaves do on Sundays?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does At-mun do while the other captives are sleeping?

3. What is the one thing Amos asks of the Richardsons when he is first purchased by them, and what is their response?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Despair occurs in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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