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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author anticipates that the reading public will judge her harshly for what action?
(a) Escaping to the North.
(b) Bearing children out of wedlock.
(c) Lying to her slaveholder.
(d) Having an affair.

2. Mr. Sands considers William to be a coworker and a what?
(a) Slave.
(b) Brother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Friend.

3. Where is Ellen sent to live?
(a) To live with Mr. Sands' relatives in New York.
(b) To live with Dr. Flint.
(c) She is not sent to live anywhere.
(d) To live with Mr. Sands.

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

5. What does Mr. Sands promise Aunt Marthy?
(a) Not to beat Linda when he found out she was pregnant.
(b) To marry Linda.
(c) To take care of his children the best he could.
(d) To help Linda escape slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Benjamin and Linda related?

2. What does Linda make for her children at Christmas?

3. How long does Linda stay in her hiding place?

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

5. What is the gender of Linda's second child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe William's feelings toward Mr. Sands.

2. What happens to Benjamin when he tries to escape from slavery?

3. Explain why the pastor at the Episcopal Church is popular among slaves, but not popular among the slaveholders.

4. How do the Flints and Aunt Marthy react to Linda's news that she is pregnant?

5. Why is Linda sent to work on the young Mr. Flint's plantation?

6. How does Benny justify that there must be a Santa Claus when another child tells him that Santa is fake?

7. How do Linda's motivations toward warding off Dr. Flint's advances change after she has children?

8. Why does Linda turn down a marriage proposal to a free black man whom she was very much in love with?

9. Describe in detail how Linda is bitten by a venomous snake.

10. Why is New Year's Day a horrific day for most slaves?

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