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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Roxana work on the steamboat?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. What does Roxana dress her baby in when she gets worried after the trial?
(a) Some rags.
(b) Tom's clothes.
(c) A girl's dress.
(d) A suit.

4. What part of Roxana's body is affected by her ailment?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her spine.
(c) Her knees.
(d) Her arms.

5. Why does Tom agree to meet with Roxana?
(a) She says she has seen him down town.
(b) She says she has information that will help with his debts.
(c) She says he owes it to her to talk to her.
(d) She says she knows something that will get him disinherited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Wilson keep all the samples he collects?

2. What is the name of Percy's slave?

3. How does the slave boy save Tom's life?

4. Why does Roxana's baby not look like a slave?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Aunt Patsy something of a celebrity in the town?

2. What caused Tom to get cut out of Judge Driscoll's will the first time?

3. What does Judge Driscoll do when the Italian twins come to town?

4. How does Wilson make a negative impression on the town?

5. What is Roxana's first idea to deal with the worry she feels after the trial for the slaves?

6. How does Roxana feel about Tom's plan to pay his gambling debt?

7. What did Roxana do to prepare for her retirement?

8. What does Wilson like to collect from the people in town?

9. What was David doing when he saw a strange sight in Tom's bedroom?

10. How does Tom plan to pay his gambling debt when he meets with Roxana?

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