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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. 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.

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

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

4. The woman traveling the countryside hears a lot about a storm. What is the name of the storm?
(a) Rex's Snow.
(b) Fox's Snow.
(c) Max's Snow.
(d) Cox's Snow.

5. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?
(a) Remarks by a Southern Abolitionist.
(b) Remarks by a Slave Trader.
(c) Remarks by a Plantation Owner.
(d) Remarks by a Mountain Agriculturalist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?

4. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's wife?

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

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