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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 41, Free at Last.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Linda wish to tell Ellen before she departs for boarding school?
(a) Linda wanted to tell Ellen the truth about Dr. Flint.
(b) Linda wanted to tell Ellen the truth about Aunt Marthy.
(c) Linda wanted to tell Ellen the truth about Emily Dodge.
(d) Linda wanted to tell Ellen the truth about her father.

2. Where does Linda leave Benny when she travels to England?
(a) Sent him to live with his father in her hometown.
(b) Left him to fend for himself.
(c) She took him with her.
(d) To apprentice a trade.

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

4. What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
(a) It is a law requiring Northerners to turn over slaves to their Southern owners.
(b) It is a law that stated all slaves were now free.
(c) It is a law that stated all fugitive slaves were to be imprisoned immediately.
(d) It is a law that allowed escaped slaves to claim their freedom.

5. Why doesn't Linda give her children their father's last name?
(a) She isn't allowed to give them their father's name due to the laws at that time.
(b) She does not know who their father is.
(c) She is afraid of how Dr. Flint will react.
(d) She is afraid child protective services will take her children away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the character in question #105 feel any pity for Linda when told about Linda's living conditions for the past several years?

2. Which of the following terms best describes good, kind slaveholders?

3. After Linda rejects Dr. Flint for the final time, where does he send her to work?

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

5. How do Linda and her grandmother feel when William is no longer a daily part of their lives?

(see the answer key)

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