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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. When does the slave auction and hiring day occur each year?
(a) January 1st.
(b) January 15th.
(c) February 21st.
(d) December 25th.

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

3. Why doesn't Linda tell her family about her hiding place?
(a) So they cannot turn her in to The Flint family.
(b) Linda never hid, so she had no reason to tell them anything.
(c) To protect her children.
(d) So they can truthfully say they have no idea where she is.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How are the biracial children of slaveholders treated?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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