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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters Eight through Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Samuel Gatewood want his slave to be married?
(a) She is pregnant with his son's child.
(b) She is too wild and needs to settle down.
(c) She is pregnant with another slave's child.
(d) She is pregnant with his child.

2. What is the name of Uther Botkin's wife?
(a) Martha.
(b) Marge.
(c) Midge.
(d) Maggie.

3. Why is the person that Uther Botkin's slave wishes could help her with the planting in jail?
(a) He stole some food.
(b) He beat someone up.
(c) He killed someone.
(d) He tried to run away.

4. How many months after Uther Botkin's wife gives birth does she die?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. Catesby plays cards with Samuel Gatewood's son and some other young men. What does he lose?
(a) His favorite rifle.
(b) A little bit of money.
(c) A great deal of money and his watch.
(d) He does not lose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catesby agree to on his final bet?

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

3. What nickname has Samuel Gatewood's son earned from his classmates?

4. By whom is the woman traveling the countryside in Part I, Chapter 1, employed?

5. How much money is the slave that Silas's nephew had sex with being sold for?

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