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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Fear of Insurrection | Chapter 13, The Church and Slavery.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the Flint family treat their slaves?
(a) With kindness.
(b) With cruelty.
(c) With love.
(d) With respect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Linda grace Dr. Flint with on the day she is to move into her new house?

2. What does Mr. Sands promise Aunt Marthy?

3. What does Linda convince her lover to do?

4. How are Aunt Marthy and Linda related?

5. What is a muster?

(see the answer key)

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