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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters Fourteen through Twenty-Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?
(a) By carriage.
(b) They walk.
(c) By horseback.
(d) They are dragged.

2. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?
(a) Killed herself.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Pleaded for mercy.
(d) Put up more of a fight.

3. What is Samuel Gatewood struggling with in Chapter 25?
(a) A way to herd in his cattle.
(b) A way to gather his crops.
(c) A way to feed his family.
(d) A way to harvest all his apples.

4. What does a Confederate solider tell Rufus and Jesse before shooting Rufus in the chest?
(a) That Abraham Lincoln has made the Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) That he will be punished for running away.
(c) That he is lower than dirt.
(d) That they are going to die.

5. What does Samuel Gatewood do after his slave's third attempt at running away?
(a) He locks him in the cellar.
(b) He sells him.
(c) He whips him.
(d) He ties him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Samuel Gatewood's son and his friends do after some Union cadets rush them after listening to a speech at the military institute?

2. What is the name of the school that Uther Botkin's daughter attends?

3. After attending church in Part I, Chapter 9, who begs Jack to put in a good word with Samuel Gatewood?

4. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's other slave who is also planning to run away?

5. Where is the military institute located that Samuel Gatewood's son attends?

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