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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Approximately how many slave children has Dr. Flint fathered?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 26.
(d) 0.
2. What event prompts Linda's town to have a muster?
(a) Linda's disappearance.
(b) The death of a slave.
(c) Nat Turner's insurrection.
(d) Benjamin's escape to the North.
3. What is the main message behind Mr. Pike's sermons?
(a) To teach the slaves to obey their masters.
(b) To teach the slaves to read.
(c) To teach the slaves how to pray.
(d) To teach the slaves how to escape North.
4. At what age does Linda first discover that she is a slave?
(a) Eight years old.
(b) Eleven years old.
(c) Six years old.
(d) Twenty years old.
5. Who visits Aunt Marthy when she is ill?
(a) Jane Hoffman.
(b) Mrs. Flint.
(c) Linda Brett.
(d) Benjamin Brett.
6. 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 who the father of her children were.
(d) He told Linda that he would tell his wife that Linda's children were his.
7. Who offers to hide Linda after she has hidden in the bushes?
(a) Mr. Sands.
(b) A kind slaveholder man in town.
(c) A kind slaveholder woman in town.
(d) The Flints.
8. What types of activities are common on Mr. Litch's plantation?
(a) Parties, gambling, and drinking.
(b) Beatings, whippings, and murders.
(c) Running, playing, and jumping.
(d) Kindness, love, and honor.
9. What does William do when he is in Washington?
(a) Nothing. William does not go to Washington.
(b) He escapes from slavery.
(c) He helps Linda escape from slavery.
(d) He kills Mr. Sands.
10. What item does Linda send to Dr. Flint to confirm his beliefs?
(a) A rose.
(b) A letter.
(c) A telegram.
(d) Linda does not send anything to Dr. Flint.
11. How do Linda and William remain connected?
(a) They remain connected through letters.
(b) They remain connected through daily contact.
(c) They do not remain connected.
(d) They remain connected through their children.
12. Why is the author hesitant to write her book?
(a) She is self-conscious about her lack of formal education.
(b) She is afraid no one will believe her.
(c) She is not writing about facts.
(d) She is illiterate.
13. Who does Linda send to try to dissuade Mr. Sands from his plans for her children?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Dr. Flint.
14. How are Benjamin and Linda related?
(a) Benjamin is Linda's cousin.
(b) Benjamin is Linda's brother.
(c) Benjamin is Linda's husband.
(d) Benjamin is Linda's uncle.
15. Why doesn't Linda give her children their father's last name?
(a) She is afraid of how Dr. Flint will react.
(b) She isn't allowed to give them their father's name due to the laws at that time.
(c) She does not know who their father is.
(d) She is afraid child protective services will take her children away.
Short Answer Questions
1. What item does the young Mrs. Flint deny an old feeble slave?
2. Who does Mr. Sands inform of his true relationship with Benny and Ellen?
3. What is Benny bitten by, causing him to become seriously injured?
4. How does Mr. Sands feel about William's work ethic?
5. Mr. Sands considers William to be a coworker and a what?
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