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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters Fifty-Nine through Seventy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Samuel Gatewood's slave trying to run away?
(a) He is trying to find Maggie.
(b) He is trying to find Rita.
(c) He is trying to find Sallie.
(d) He is trying to find Martha.

2. After one of her servants leaves her on the road, what does Marguerite use to carry a small ham and some other small belongings?
(a) A handbag.
(b) A small cart.
(c) A sling.
(d) A suitcase.

3. What happens to Duncan's horse during a battle in Chancellorsville, Virginia?
(a) She is shot in the stomach several times.
(b) She is slashed and her intestines spill out onto the ground.
(c) She stumbles and breaks her leg.
(d) Her throat is slit.

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

5. Whom does Uther Botkin's slave wish could help her with the planting, but can't because he is in jail?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Jack.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Jesse.

Short Answer Questions

1. After traveling to where the slaves are held, with whom does Silas's nephew have sex?

2. How old is Uther Botkin?

3. What does Jesse think about the man that he sees coming down the road in Part IV, Chapter 52?

4. What is the name of the hospital that Duncan is staying at after his injuries in Part III, Chapter 32?

5. What does Silas do for a living?

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