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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Norman think it will cost to buy his wife?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $2,000.

2. How much does Daniel Decatur Emmett offer Wiley for Jim?
(a) $150.
(b) $100.
(c) $200.
(d) $225.

3. In Chapter 23, what are most of the slaves doing?
(a) Weeding.
(b) Hauling water.
(c) Hoeing.
(d) Digging potatoes.

4. In Chapter 26, how many horse shoes is Jim to make?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. From where does Norman say Emmett threatened to hang Jim when Emmett learned Jim had run away?
(a) Elm.
(b) Rafters.
(c) Oak.
(d) Yardarm.

6. At the beginning of Part Two, Chapter 8, where do Jim and Norman hide on the steamboat?
(a) Boiler deck.
(b) Hull.
(c) Storage room.
(d) Engine room.

7. In Chapter 30, how many times had Jim been in a courtroom?
(a) Once.
(b) 4 times.
(c) Twice.
(d) 3 times.

8. How many men are in the Virginia Ministrels?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

9. What is the name of the man in charge of the engine room and the slave running the engine room?
(a) Richard.
(b) William.
(c) Andy.
(d) Corey.

10. What is the name of the man shoveling coal into the furnace in Part Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Mark.
(b) Brock.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Louis.

11. How many logs do Jim, Norman, and Sammy manage to push into the water when Henderson and other white men approach?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

12. How many keys are there to the shackles the blacksmith uses on Jim?
(a) 50.
(b) 4.
(c) 25.
(d) 2.

13. What last name does Norman use?
(a) Brown.
(b) Dryer.
(c) Gray.
(d) Rivers.

14. What do the Virginia Minstrels use to blacken their faces when they sing?
(a) Bootblack.
(b) Burnt cork.
(c) Shoe polish.
(d) Coal dust.

15. What city does a woman who comes up to Jim after his first performance with the Virginia Minstrels want to talk about?
(a) Boston.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two, Chapter 1, how many days does it take Jim and Norman to walk back to the Mississippi River?

2. Where does the Duke whip Easter?

3. What does the King call Jim in Part one, Chapter 23?

4. What is the farthest Sammy has ever been from the pit saw before she ran with Jim?

5. How many times do the bells ring to tell the man shoveling coal into the furnace on the boat to open it up all the way and put all the steam to the wheel?

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