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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dr. Flint clearly believe Linda escapes to?
(a) The free states.
(b) England.
(c) Nowhere. Linda never escaped.
(d) Canada.

2. What is a muster?
(a) When a slave escapes to the North.
(b) When a slave marries a free person.
(c) When the white folks raid the homes of the slaves and free black people.
(d) When a slaveholder beats a slave.

3. How does Dr. Flint try to force Linda into submission after she has her children?
(a) He told Linda that he would tell his wife that Linda's children were his.
(b) He told Linda he would give her her freeedom if she let him have what he wanted.
(c) He told her that he couldn't wait to sell her children for large sums of money.
(d) He told Linda that he would tell who the father of her children were.

4. What does Mrs. Flint take away from Linda?
(a) Her new bible.
(b) Her new bike.
(c) Her new shoes.
(d) Her new shirt.

5. How long does Linda stay in her hiding place?
(a) Minutes.
(b) Days.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Years.

6. What work does William perform for Dr. Flint?
(a) William works in the fields on Dr. Flint's plantation.
(b) William does not work for Dr. Flint.
(c) William is Dr. Flint's field foreman.
(d) William is Dr. Flint's medical assistant.

7. Who must Linda wait for to help her return to her den after she meets Mr. Sands?
(a) Dr. Flint.
(b) Aunt Marthy.
(c) Mrs. Flint.
(d) Uncle Phillip.

8. Why does Linda never go hungry?
(a) Linda is a cook and steals food.
(b) Linda's grandmother provides her with extra food.
(c) Linda is not a slave and is able to provide her own food.
(d) Linda is her slaveholder's favorite.

9. How does Mr. Sands feel about William's work ethic?
(a) He beats William until he changes.
(b) He is satisified with it.
(c) He is unsatisified with it.
(d) William never worked for Mr. Sands.

10. What character is arrested on charges of helping Linda escape?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Mr. Sands.
(c) Benny.
(d) Uncle Phillip.

11. What types of activities are common on Mr. Litch's plantation?
(a) Kindness, love, and honor.
(b) Parties, gambling, and drinking.
(c) Running, playing, and jumping.
(d) Beatings, whippings, and murders.

12. How do Northerners who move South and purchase slaves tend to treat their slaves?
(a) They tend to treat them harsher.
(b) They tend to treat them the same.
(c) They tend to treat them kinder.
(d) Northerners do not move South to purchase slaves.

13. 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) To be returned to slavery.
(b) To be beaten by her master.
(c) Money.
(d) To flee to another state.

14. Linda's second child reveals the identity of which character?
(a) Her master.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mr. Sands considers William to be a coworker and a what?

3. Why do Benny and Ellen believe in Santa Claus?

4. What item does the young Mrs. Flint deny an old feeble slave?

5. The sexual abuse of young female slaves is...?

(see the answer keys)

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