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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the slaves fear auction/hiring day?
(a) It takes away their property.
(b) It forces the slaves to choose their owners.
(c) It tears families apart.
(d) It forces people to marry.

2. Why does William accompany Mr. Sands to Washington?
(a) To find Linda.
(b) To escape from slavery.
(c) To be his assistant.
(d) To find Linda's children.

3. What event happens to Linda during her second winter in her den?
(a) Her grandmother dies.
(b) Benny becomes very ill.
(c) She becomes very ill.
(d) Dr. Flint finds out where she's hiding.

4. 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.

5. 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 could care less what others think of his relationship with Linda.
(b) Dr. Flint does not devise any plan because he does not want Linda.
(c) Dr. Flint plans to build her a home several miles from town.
(d) Dr. Flint plans to forbid her from ever leaving his house.

6. Which of the following terms best describes good, kind slaveholders?
(a) Rare.
(b) Do not exist.
(c) Common.
(d) All slaveholders are good and kind.

7. What does Linda's lover propose to do for her?
(a) He proposes to marry her and wishes to buy her.
(b) He proposes to escape slavery with her.
(c) He proposes to move into Aunt Marthy's.
(d) He proposes to sell her to another slaveholder.

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

9. What is the main message behind Mr. Pike's sermons?
(a) To teach the slaves how to escape North.
(b) To teach the slaves to read.
(c) To teach the slaves to obey their masters.
(d) To teach the slaves how to pray.

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

11. What does William do when he is in Washington?
(a) He helps Linda escape from slavery.
(b) Nothing. William does not go to Washington.
(c) He kills Mr. Sands.
(d) He escapes from slavery.

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

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

14. Which character sees Benjamin in New York?
(a) Linda.
(b) Phillip.
(c) Aunt Marthy.
(d) William.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds it difficult to adjust to life in bondage in Chapter 2?

2. What do the slaveholders tell the slaves about life in the Northern states?

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

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

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

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