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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters Forty-Four through Fifty-Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is supposed to arrive via rail the day of the holiday in Part III, Chapter 42, which has the men so excited?
(a) Food.
(b) Women.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Water.

2. Marguerite is interviewed by a girl from the WPA. Why are the girl's boss and father criticizing the amount of time she spends with Marguerite?
(a) They both say the story that Marguerite is telling is untrue.
(b) Because she is a prostitute.
(c) Because she is a slave.
(d) They do not like that she's a mulatto.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catesby say to a fellow soldier right before he dies?

2. What does Silas do for a living?

3. What is the name of the family that Alexander works for food and stays with in Part III, Chapter 35?

4. The woman traveling the countryside meets up with a woman named Miss Marguerite. What story does she begin telling her?

5. Who harbors a runaway slave in Part I, Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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