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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Uther Botkin's daughter?
(a) Sara.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Susie.

3. What does Silas do for a living?
(a) Farms.
(b) Buys and sells slaves.
(c) Rancher.
(d) Accounting.

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

5. Where is the penitentiary that Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife are being sent to?
(a) Charlottesville.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Lexington.

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

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

8. After attending church in Part I, Chapter 9, who begs Jack to put in a good word with Samuel Gatewood?
(a) Martha.
(b) Susie.
(c) Opal.
(d) Anna.

9. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's other slave who is also planning to run away?
(a) Rufus.
(b) Junior.
(c) Jack.
(d) Reggie.

10. Who visits Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife in jail?
(a) Opal.
(b) Her friend Martha.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Abigail's Cousin Molly.

11. Where is the military institute located that Samuel Gatewood's son attends?
(a) Williamsburg, Virginia.
(b) Charleston, South Carolina.
(c) Birmingham, Alabama.
(d) Lexington, Virginia.

12. Where does Jesse decide to go to look for a new job?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A plantation.
(c) Ramifications.
(d) A bakery.

13. What are woman like Marguerite known as at the governor's party?
(a) Non-wives.
(b) Whores.
(c) Friendly companions.
(d) Outside wives.

14. Where is Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife sent to work after she is released from jail?
(a) A military hospital in Lexington, Virginia.
(b) A military hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.
(c) A military hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
(d) A military hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia.

15. Whom does Marguerite accompany to an expensive gathering at the governor's mansion?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Silas.
(c) Duncan.
(d) Samuel Gatewood.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman traveling the countryside hears a lot about a storm. What is the name of the storm?

2. What are most of the people at the gathering at the governor's mansion?

3. What does Samuel Gatewood do after his slave's third attempt at running away?

4. What did Uther Botkin inherit?

5. What is the name of the school that Uther Botkin's daughter attends?

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