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

2. What part of Linda's life is unusually happy for a slave?
(a) Her adulthood.
(b) Her adolesence.
(c) Her tweens.
(d) Her childhood.

3. What does Linda's lover propose to do for her?
(a) He proposes to move into Aunt Marthy's.
(b) He proposes to marry her and wishes to buy her.
(c) He proposes to escape slavery with her.
(d) He proposes to sell her to another slaveholder.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the author hesitant to write her book?

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

4. How does the Flint family treat their slaves?

5. What does Linda convince her lover to do?

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