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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How often does the town usually have a muster?
2. Who must Linda wait for to help her return to her den after she meets Mr. Sands?
3. How are Aunt Marthy and Linda related?
4. What does Linda convince her lover to do?
5. What does Mr. Sands promise Aunt Marthy?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Linda's motivations toward warding off Dr. Flint's advances change after she has children?
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Why does Linda turn down a marriage proposal to a free black man whom she was very much in love with?
5. Why does Linda want it to appear that she fled to the Northern states?
6. Using examples from the text, explain why some slaves believe the lies told to them about the North.
7. List three to five examples of how slaves are humiliated and degraded by the slavery system.
8. Explain why the pastor at the Episcopal Church is popular among slaves, but not popular among the slaveholders.
9. Why is New Year's Day a horrific day for most slaves?
10. Why is Linda ashamed to have her children baptized in the church?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the text, Linda describes the atrocities of slave life. Using examples from the text, describe how slavery tore apart families and gave the slaves very little control over the people they loved and cared for.
Essay Topic 2
In the story, Jacobs provides a sequence of events from her life. Using details from the text, supply 10-20 events from Jacobs' life in sequential order.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter One, Childhood, Ms. Brent describes the events of her childhood. Using the text to support your answer, why does the author feel that her childhood is an unusually happy one? Are there any incidents that could refute this claim?
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