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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. Who runs into the house after the Judge is stabbed?
(a) Luigi.
(b) Aunt Pratt.
(c) The twins.
(d) David Wilson.

2. What does Roxana disguise herself as when she runs away after being sold?
(a) A maid.
(b) An old lady.
(c) A black man.
(d) A white woman.

3. What does Roxana do to help her son pay his debts?
(a) Gives him back her part of the inheritance.
(b) Gives him her precious ring.
(c) Allows herself to be sold as a slave.
(d) Sells her home.

4. Why does Tom promise to protect Roxana when she runs away?
(a) She threatens to tell the truth about his birth.
(b) She holds him to his earlier promise.
(c) She is his mother.
(d) She helped him pay his debts off.

5. What happens to the things Tom takes with him to St. Louis?
(a) They are discredited.
(b) They are stolen.
(c) They are lost.
(d) They are destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Tom's friends not notice the change in his attitude after he learns the truth of his birth?

2. How does Tom go about paying his debts?

3. Who does Luigi get to represent him in court?

4. Who tells Wilson about the duel?

5. Who is Wilson with when Tom tries to embarrass him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom hide his appearance while robbing from his neighbors?

2. What does Tom say to embarrass David Wilson in front of the twins?

3. What does the Judge plan to do with the information Tom gives him about the twins?

4. When does Tom steal from his neighbors' houses and why?

5. Why does Roxana tell Tom that she is so sure that Judge Driscoll will not live much longer?

6. Why does Tom tell Wilson he thinks his plan has not worked to catch the thief?

7. Why does Tom tell Judge Driscoll he did not challenge Luigi to a duel?

8. What did Roxana threaten to do if Tom tried to send her back to the farm?

9. What happened when Tom tried to steal money from his uncle?

10. What does Luigi plan to do in response to what Judge Driscoll said on election day, and why doesn't he?

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