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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 does Linda take from her grandmother's house to make it appear as though she has run up North?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her belongings.
(c) Her grandmother's money.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. Who finds it difficult to adjust to life in bondage in Chapter 2?
(a) William.
(b) Susan.
(c) Aunt Marthy.
(d) Linda.

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

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

5. Who does Linda bring with her to the plantation?
(a) William.
(b) Benny.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Aunt Marthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Linda tell her family about her hiding place?

3. When does the slave auction and hiring day occur each year?

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

5. Who exposes Linda to the hardships of slavery for the first time?

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