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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, New Perils | Chapter 21, The Loophole of Retreat.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) So they can truthfully say they have no idea where she is.
(d) To protect her children.

3. Why is Linda hiding in the swamps?
(a) She is waiting for a new secure hiding place.
(b) Linda's hider kicks her out and she had no other place to go.
(c) The Flints find Linda and she flees to the swamps.
(d) Linda enjoys the swamps.

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

5. How does Dr. Flint try to force Linda into submission after she has her children?
(a) He told Linda he would give her her freeedom if she let him have what he wanted.
(b) He told her that he couldn't wait to sell her children for large sums of money.
(c) He told Linda that he would tell his wife that Linda's children were his.
(d) He told Linda that he would tell who the father of her children were.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does the young Mrs. Flint deny an old feeble slave?

2. How do Northerners who move South and purchase slaves tend to treat their slaves?

3. What is the author's alias used in the story?

4. What types of activities are common on Mr. Litch's plantation?

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

(see the answer key)

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