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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Linda when she reaches the age of 15?
(a) Dr. Flint begins making advances toward her.
(b) Dr. Flint allows Linda her freedom.
(c) Linda becomes pregnant.
(d) Linda escapes from slavery.

2. What is Mr. Sands' response to Linda's demands?
(a) He is going to sell the children into slavery.
(b) He is going to take the children and raise them as his own.
(c) His hands are tied because the children still belong to Dr. Flint's daughter.
(d) He does not believe his children are slaves and would never treat them as such.

3. In Chapter 10, Dr. Flint is still determined to have his way with Linda. What plan does he devise to remove Linda from the watchful eyes of those who love her?
(a) Dr. Flint does not devise any plan because he does not want Linda.
(b) Dr. Flint plans to forbid her from ever leaving his house.
(c) Dr. Flint does not devise any plan because he could care less what others think of his relationship with Linda.
(d) Dr. Flint plans to build her a home several miles from town.

4. What does Linda make for her children at Christmas?
(a) She makes them cakes and cookies.
(b) She does not make them anything.
(c) She draws them pictures of the North.
(d) She sews clothes and toys.

5. What tool does Linda use to make a hole in her hiding place?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gimlet.
(c) A saw.
(d) A hammer.

6. Which character is jealous of Linda?
(a) Sally.
(b) William.
(c) Aunt Marthy.
(d) Mrs. Flint.

7. What is the author's alias used in the story?
(a) Aunt Nancy.
(b) Linda Brent.
(c) Harriet Jacobs.
(d) Aunt Marty.

8. What does Mr. Sands promise Aunt Marthy?
(a) To help Linda escape slavery.
(b) To take care of his children the best he could.
(c) Not to beat Linda when he found out she was pregnant.
(d) To marry Linda.

9. What name does Linda call her new hiding spot?
(a) Her den.
(b) Her hole.
(c) Her library.
(d) Her bedroom.

10. 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.

11. How do Linda and her grandmother feel when William is no longer a daily part of their lives?
(a) They feel saddened.
(b) They feel nothing.
(c) They feel anger.
(d) They feel happy.

12. For what political party does Mr. Sands run for office?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) Mr. Sands did not run for a political office.

13. Who informs Linda that her children have been sold?
(a) Betty.
(b) The Flints.
(c) Aunt Marthy.
(d) Mr. Sands.

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

15. What is the gender of Linda's second child?
(a) She has a boy.
(b) She has twins.
(c) She has a girl.
(d) She does not have a second child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Linda hides in the swamps, what is the location of her new hiding spot?

3. What is the main message behind Mr. Pike's sermons?

4. Why do the slaves fear auction/hiring day?

5. How does Mr. Sands feel about William's work ethic?

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