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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24, The Candidate for Congress | Chapter 25, Competition in Cunning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Linda that he would tell who the father of her children were.
(c) He told Linda that he would tell his wife that Linda's children were his.
(d) He told her that he couldn't wait to sell her children for large sums of money.

2. Who finds it difficult to adjust to life in bondage in Chapter 2?
(a) William.
(b) Susan.
(c) Aunt Marthy.
(d) Linda.

3. Which of the following terms best describes good, kind slaveholders?
(a) Common.
(b) Rare.
(c) All slaveholders are good and kind.
(d) Do not exist.

4. Which character sees Benjamin in New York?
(a) Phillip.
(b) William.
(c) Linda.
(d) Aunt Marthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Linda receive a venomous snake bite?

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

3. What does Mrs. Flint take away from Linda?

4. The author anticipates that the reading public will judge her harshly for what action?

5. Whom does Aunt Marthy invite over for Christmas dinner?

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