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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Scenes at the Plantation | Chapter 17, The Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main message behind Mr. Pike's sermons?
(a) To teach the slaves how to pray.
(b) To teach the slaves to read.
(c) To teach the slaves to obey their masters.
(d) To teach the slaves how to escape North.

2. Who does Linda fall in love with?
(a) William.
(b) A free black man in her town.
(c) Dr. Flint.
(d) John.

3. What types of activities are common on Mr. Litch's plantation?
(a) Running, playing, and jumping.
(b) Kindness, love, and honor.
(c) Parties, gambling, and drinking.
(d) Beatings, whippings, and murders.

4. How often does the town usually have a muster?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Twice each year.
(d) Once every five years.

5. Which of the following terms best describes good, kind slaveholders?
(a) Do not exist.
(b) Rare.
(c) All slaveholders are good and kind.
(d) Common.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many slave children has Dr. Flint fathered?

2. Which character is jealous of Linda?

3. Who finds it difficult to adjust to life in bondage in Chapter 2?

4. What does Linda's lover propose to do for her?

5. How do Northerners who move South and purchase slaves tend to treat their slaves?

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