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

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

3. The sexual abuse of young female slaves is...?
(a) Commonplace.
(b) Never occurs.
(c) Not mentioned in the story.
(d) Rare.

4. Who buys Linda's children from the Flints?
(a) No one, because Linda's children are free.
(b) Mr. Sands.
(c) Linda.
(d) Aunt Marthy.

5. What is the man's name who dies a horrific way on Mr. Litch's plantation?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) James.
(c) William.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Linda risk coming out of hiding to talk to Mr. Sands?

2. What character is arrested on charges of helping Linda escape?

3. Linda's second child reveals the identity of which character?

4. Who does Linda bring with her to the plantation?

5. How are the biracial children of slaveholders treated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the instances that occur on Mr. Litch's plantation.

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

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

4. Describe the events that happen during a muster.

5. Describe in detail the area that Linda hides in at her Aunt Marthy's house.

6. Linda meets with Mr. Sands before he heads off to Washington, D.C. Describe the conversation that occurs between Linda and Mr. Sands during this meeting.

7. In Chapter 20, how does Dr. Flint react when he discovers Linda's children living happily in town with their great-grandmother?

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

9. Describe in detail who comes to tend to Aunt Marthy when she is very ill.

10. Why is Linda pained to know that her child is Dr. Flint's slave?

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