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

2. How many years does the judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to serve in jail?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Fifteen.

3. The woman traveling the countryside meets up with a woman named Miss Marguerite. What story does she begin telling her?
(a) The story of Max's Snow.
(b) The story of Rex's Snow.
(c) The story of Fox's Snow.
(d) The story of Cox's Snow.

4. What nickname has Samuel Gatewood's son earned from his classmates?
(a) Bucking Bronco.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Wheelhorse.
(d) Chief.

5. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?
(a) Those who remember the days of the Civil War.
(b) Those who remember her great-grandmother.
(c) Those who remember her great-grandfather.
(d) Those who remember the days of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silas do for a living?

2. What property does Samuel Gatewood own?

3. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?

4. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?

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

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