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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Wilson unable to get good clients in the new town?
(a) They are uncomfortable around him.
(b) He is a stranger.
(c) They think he is dumb.
(d) He is half black.

2. What was the most prominent man in town never able to have?
(a) An education.
(b) A slave.
(c) A child.
(d) A wife.

3. What is the name of the most prominent man in town's only surviving nephew?
(a) Paul.
(b) Percy.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Timothy.

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

5. Where is Tom supposed to be when a woman is seen in his bedroom?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Miami.
(d) Yale.

6. What does Tom do that disappoints Judge Driscoll?
(a) Steals some money.
(b) Strikes a slave.
(c) Hits his aunt.
(d) Quits college.

7. What does Tom say after his life has been saved?
(a) He was just pretending.
(b) He hates the boy who saved him.
(c) He is grateful to be alive.
(d) He wishes he would have died.

8. Why do some people continue to put up with Tom while he is nasty to them?
(a) He is a good fighter.
(b) His uncle is important.
(c) His aunt is well liked.
(d) He has money.

9. What killed most of the most prominent man in town's nieces and nephews?
(a) Strange accidents.
(b) A robber.
(c) Childhood illnesses.
(d) Allergic reactions.

10. What makes Aunt Patsy something of a celebrity in the area?
(a) She suffers a terrible loss.
(b) She houses some travelers.
(c) She is a witness in a crime.
(d) She sings a beautiful ballad.

11. Why does Roxana get all dressed up when she gets worried?
(a) She wants to show her baby she cares.
(b) She wants to die looking nice.
(c) She doesn't want to be recognized.
(d) She wants to appear to be a white woman.

12. What is Roxana saving up money for?
(a) To buy a ticket to Canada.
(b) Her son.
(c) To buy her husband out of slavery.
(d) Her retirement.

13. What ailment makes Roxana quit her job?
(a) Gout.
(b) Lombago.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Psoriasis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Tom treat the slave boy as they grow up?

2. Why was Percy's slave put in charge of raising his son?

3. Where are the ancestors of the most prominent man in town from?

4. Who is the most prominent man in the town?

5. What does Wilson make a comment about that makes people think he is unintelligent?

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