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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Percy threaten to do if the slaves do not admit who committed the crime?
(a) Sell them down river.
(b) Sell them to a plantation.
(c) Put them in prison.
(d) Put them on a steam boat.

2. What river runs by the town in this book?
(a) The Snake River.
(b) The Missouri River.
(c) The Green River.
(d) The Mississippi River.

3. How old is the slave boy when he is sold?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

4. What does Wilson like to do with the babies every few months?
(a) Play pretend with them.
(b) Take blood samples.
(c) Collect hair samples.
(d) Take their fingerprints.

5. How is Roxana treated by Tom as he grows up?
(a) He ignores that she exists.
(b) He treats her with kindness and affection.
(c) He is haughty and disdainful towards her.
(d) He plays nasty tricks on her.

6. How much money does Tom give Roxana when she finds him?
(a) $1.
(b) $3.
(c) $4.
(d) $2.

7. How does Tom grow up to be?
(a) Kind and unintelligent.
(b) Quiet and meek.
(c) Spoiled and selfish.
(d) Happy and content.

8. What does Tom offer to Roxana to get her to keep quiet?
(a) A place in the will.
(b) A room to stay in.
(c) Half his allowance.
(d) Half of his inheritance.

9. What does Roxana realize when she dresses her baby after she gets worried?
(a) He doesn't seem like a slave.
(b) He could pass for a white baby.
(c) He deserves more from life.
(d) He looks like Tom.

10. What is Aunt Patsy called by the town people?
(a) Widow Cooper.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Widow Patsy.
(d) Miss Patty.

11. What does Roxana decide to do after changing her mind about what to do about her worries?
(a) Switch the babies.
(b) Kill the baby.
(c) Sell the baby.
(d) Run away.

12. Which of the following town members belongs to the elite Society that the Judge is involved in?
(a) Sheriff Wilson.
(b) Judge Cooper.
(c) Sergeant Miller.
(d) David Wilson.

13. How does Tom get high debts?
(a) He gambles.
(b) He gives his money away.
(c) He write bad checks.
(d) He buys on credit.

14. Where are the people from who come to stay with Aunt Patsy?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

15. How does the slave boy grow up to be?
(a) Happy and content.
(b) Kind and unintelligent.
(c) Quiet and meek.
(d) Spoiled and selfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roxana hope will help her when she ends up penniless?

2. What is the name of the aunt of Tom not married to Judge Driscoll?

3. Why is Roxana cleared of the crime that the Percy slaves were accused of?

4. How many slaves come forward with information of who committed the crime?

5. Who becomes close friends with the people visiting Aunt Patsy?

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