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

2. Whom does Linda teach to read despite the fear of being caught?
(a) William.
(b) Mr. Sands.
(c) Uncle Fred.
(d) Aunt Marthy.

3. When Linda is sent to the Flint house she witnesses countless horrors. Why is one slave beaten within an inch of his life?
(a) The slave spits at Dr. Flint.
(b) The slave steals food from Dr. Flint's daughter.
(c) The slave fathers a child with Mrs. Flint.
(d) The slave suspects Dr. Flint is the father of his wife's child.

4. Which character is jealous of Linda?
(a) William.
(b) Mrs. Flint.
(c) Sally.
(d) Aunt Marthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main message behind Mr. Pike's sermons?

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

4. What do the slaveholders tell the slaves about life in the Northern states?

5. What is the man's name who dies a horrific way on Mr. Litch's plantation?

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