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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 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.

2. Who exposes Linda to the hardships of slavery for the first time?
(a) Aunt Marthy.
(b) Dr. Flint.
(c) William Brent.
(d) Harriet Jacobs.

3. What is posted within 24 hours of Linda's disappearance?
(a) Nothing was posted because Linda never disappeared.
(b) Advertisements offering a reward for her capture.
(c) Posters of Linda being hung.
(d) Posters of Linda's children.

4. What item does the young Mrs. Flint deny an old feeble slave?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His meat ration.
(c) His medication.
(d) His share of work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Linda teach to read despite the fear of being caught?

2. Who does Linda fall in love with?

3. Which of the following terms best describes good, kind slaveholders?

4. How often does the town usually have a muster?

5. Dr. Flint tells Linda that he has seen an escaped friend of hers in the free states, living in such terrible circumstances that she begs for what?

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