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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the person in question 85 react to Mr. Sands' news?
(a) She wants to sell the children into slavery.
(b) He wants to raise the children as his own.
(c) He wants to sell the children into slavery.
(d) She wants to raise Benny as her own.

3. Why does Linda risk coming out of hiding to talk to Mr. Sands?
(a) She wants to secure her children's freedom.
(b) She wants to tell him she loves him.
(c) She wants to have another child.
(d) She wants him to tell Dr. Flint where she is hiding.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Whom does Aunt Marthy invite over for Christmas dinner?
(a) Dr. Flint.
(b) Linda.
(c) Two slave hunters.
(d) Uncle Phillip.

10. Approximately how many slave children has Dr. Flint fathered?
(a) 26.
(b) 11.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

12. How often does the town usually have a muster?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once every five years.
(d) Twice each year.

13. What item does Linda send to Dr. Flint to confirm his beliefs?
(a) A rose.
(b) Linda does not send anything to Dr. Flint.
(c) A letter.
(d) A telegram.

14. At what time of day are the slaves allowed to attend church?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) At midmight.
(c) In the early morning.
(d) In the afternoon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Flint try to force Linda into submission after she has her children?

2. Why doesn't Linda tell her family about her hiding place?

3. What happens to Linda when she reaches the age of 15?

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

5. What does Linda convince her lover to do?

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