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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. What work does William perform for Dr. Flint?

2. Who does Linda fall in love with?

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

4. Who finds it difficult to adjust to life in bondage in Chapter 2?

5. When Linda is sent to the Flint house she witnesses countless horrors. Why is one slave beaten within an inch of his life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Using examples from the text, explain why some slaves believe the lies told to them about the North.

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

6. Using examples from the text, give three instances supporting the author's claim that she had a happy childhood.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the Preface, Jacobs explains that she changed the names of the characters in the text. Explain Jacobs' reasoning for doing this using examples from the text. Why does Jacob's change the names? If this is a non-fiction text, why does Jacobs change her own name? Why do some characters have no names at all?

Essay Topic 2

Define irony and list 5-10 examples of irony from the text.

Essay Topic 3

In one of his letters to Linda, Dr. Flint claims that he has never, nor would never go through any attempts to capture Linda and return her to slavery. Linda and the reader know otherwise. What are some of the attempts Dr. Flint uses to try and capture Linda? Why does Dr. Flint lie?

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