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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 a muster?
(a) When a slave marries a free person.
(b) When a slaveholder beats a slave.
(c) When the white folks raid the homes of the slaves and free black people.
(d) When a slave escapes to the North.

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

3. Why does Linda never go hungry?
(a) Linda's grandmother provides her with extra food.
(b) Linda is not a slave and is able to provide her own food.
(c) Linda is a cook and steals food.
(d) Linda is her slaveholder's favorite.

4. 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?
(a) To be returned to slavery.
(b) Money.
(c) To be beaten by her master.
(d) To flee to another state.

5. What event prompts Linda's town to have a muster?
(a) The death of a slave.
(b) Nat Turner's insurrection.
(c) Linda's disappearance.
(d) Benjamin's escape to the North.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Linda take from her grandmother's house to make it appear as though she has run up North?

3. How are the biracial children of slaveholders treated?

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

5. When Linda is sent to the Flint house she witnesses countless horrors. Why is one slave beaten within an inch of his life?

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