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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, What Slaves are Taught to Believe About the North | Chapter 9, Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the slaveholders tell the slaves about life in the Northern states?
(a) They are told that the Northern states have slavery too.
(b) They are told that they will freeze to death if they flee North.
(c) They are told that it is bliss.
(d) They are told that it is more difficult and unpleasant than their current lives in slavery.

2. 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 fathers a child with Mrs. Flint.
(c) The slave suspects Dr. Flint is the father of his wife's child.
(d) The slave steals food from Dr. Flint's daughter.

3. Why do the slaves fear auction/hiring day?
(a) It forces the slaves to choose their owners.
(b) It takes away their property.
(c) It tears families apart.
(d) It forces people to marry.

4. Who does Linda fall in love with?
(a) John.
(b) William.
(c) A free black man in her town.
(d) Dr. Flint.

5. What is the author's purpose for writing this book?
(a) She wants to be rich.
(b) She hopes to aid the slaveholders.
(c) She hopes to help change the destiny of the millions of women who still live in slavery.
(d) She thinks she is a great writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is jealous of Linda?

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

3. What happens to Linda when she reaches the age of 15?

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?

5. What does Linda's lover propose to do for her?

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