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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is the appendix written?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1859.

2. Why does Mrs. Flint want Aunt Nancy buried in a specific spot?
(a) To punish her even in death.
(b) To show what a valuable servant she was.
(c) To show Aunt Marthy that she was in control.
(d) To cause Linda's family hardship.

3. Who is finally able to purchase Linda's freedom for her?
(a) Linda.
(b) Aunt Marthy.
(c) Benny.
(d) Mrs. Bruce.

4. Why does Linda feel that Aunt Nancy is 'slowly murdered'?
(a) Because she was imprisoned.
(b) Because she was neglected and overworked.
(c) Because she was starved.
(d) Because she was beaten.

5. What good news does one of Aunt Marthy's letters bring?
(a) That Linda is now free.
(b) That Aunt Marthy has escaped from slavery.
(c) That Dr. Flint has died.
(d) That Mr. Sands wants to marry Linda.

6. What family ends up employing Linda?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Durham.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Bruce.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Flint.

7. What distressing news does Linda discover about Benny when she returns to Boston?
(a) She found out that he returned South.
(b) She found out that he was discriminated againist and took a job on a whaling ship.
(c) She didn't find anything out because Benny was with her on the trip to England.
(d) She found out he had died.

8. How does Mrs. Bruce react to the news that Linda confesses to her?
(a) She is shocked, and shuns Linda and her family.
(b) She is sympathetic and assists Linda into hiding.
(c) She is mad and tells Dr. Flint where to find Linda.
(d) She doesn't care one way or another.

9. What worries Linda about the Flints/Dodges?
(a) That they plan to sell her children.
(b) That they are so well aware of her actions.
(c) That they are offering her her freedom.
(d) That they want to come visit her in Boston.

10. Who writes the appendix?
(a) Amy Post.
(b) William Brett.
(c) Linda Brett.
(d) Harriet Jacobs.

11. Who does Mr. Bruce want Linda to accompany to England?
(a) Mrs. Bruce.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Himself.
(d) Mary, his young daughter.

12. What do Linda and William start up in Rochester?
(a) An anti-slavery reading room.
(b) A sewing shoppe.
(c) An underground railroad escape route.
(d) A bakery.

13. Who does Mr. Thorpe write a letter to, telling this person Linda's whereabouts?
(a) Mrs. Dobbs.
(b) Aunt Marthy.
(c) Mrs. Jones.
(d) Dr. Flint.

14. Which character does Linda meet with before she departs on her journey North?
(a) Aunt Nancy.
(b) Benny.
(c) Mr. Sands.
(d) Dr. Flint.

15. When Linda has to go into hiding after The Fugitive Slave Law is enacted, whom does she take with her for protection?
(a) The Bruce's baby.
(b) Ellen.
(c) William.
(d) Benny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ellen's response to Linda's confession before Ellen returns to New York for boarding school?

2. What horrific truth does Linda learn about Ellen's situation with the Hobbs'?

3. Who writes Emily Flint's letter to Linda?

4. Why doesn't the character in question #105 feel any pity for Linda when told about Linda's living conditions for the past several years?

5. When Linda hears that someone from her hometown is coming to find her, where does Linda flee?

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