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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. Whom does Samuel Gatewood purchase from Uther Botkin?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Midge.
(d) Sallie.

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

3. How much money is the slave that Silas's nephew had sex with being sold for?
(a) Twelve hundred dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Sixteen hundred dollars.
(d) Two thousand dollars.

4. Two years after the big storm, what is Samuel's son guarding in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) The area prior to the hanging of Jake Bowers.
(b) The area prior to the hanging of John Brown.
(c) The area prior to the hanging of Matt Louis.
(d) The area prior to the hanging of Mike Lewis.

5. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. When does the story take place?
(a) March 22, 1859.
(b) April 22, 1856.
(c) January 22, 1857.
(d) February 22, 1858.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?

2. What do some of Samuel's slaves offer to help Uther Botkin's slave with?

3. Why does Samuel Gatewood want his slave to be married?

4. What property does Samuel Gatewood own?

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

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