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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. 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.

2. Why is the author hesitant to write her book?
(a) She is illiterate.
(b) She is afraid no one will believe her.
(c) She is self-conscious about her lack of formal education.
(d) She is not writing about facts.

3. Whom does Aunt Marthy invite over for Christmas dinner?
(a) Linda.
(b) Two slave hunters.
(c) Dr. Flint.
(d) Uncle Phillip.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of activities are common on Mr. Litch's plantation?

2. What is a muster?

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

4. What does Linda take from her grandmother's house to make it appear as though she has run up North?

5. Who informs Linda that her children have been sold?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. List three to five examples of how slaves are humiliated and degraded by the slavery system.

6. Describe the events that happen during a muster.

7. How does Linda try to reinforce Dr. Flint's belief that she has escaped to the Northern states?

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

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

10. In Chapter Two, Linda is sent to live with the Flints. Compare and contrast how the Flint household differs or is similar to Linda's first mistress' house.

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