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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. How does Amos describe the town he rides through before proposing to his third wife?

2. What do the other slaves call At-mun?

3. For what is the tribe preparing at the beginning of the book?

4. How long does Amos stay with the Richardsons?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Amos get his horse?

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

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

7. How is At-mun captured?

8. How does Amos feel about Keene as he is traveling through it one day?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 3

Lily and Lydia are very similar people, and yet they have some notable and important differences. Using the text as support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

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