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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact does the overseer withhold from Master Murray?
(a) That he doesn't know anything about being an overseer.
(b) That he is married.
(c) That he will work hard in the fields.
(d) That he is poor.

2. How many cocks does George plan to take with him on the trip to New Orleans?
(a) Eight
(b) Twelve
(c) Seven
(d) Twenty

3. What is the fear spreading among the slaves and that Kunta and Fiddler try to keep to themselves?
(a) Fear of the work that's soon to be added to their load
(b) Fear of being turned over to slavers
(c) Fear of being sold
(d) Fear of being beaten

4. What nickname does George come to like?
(a) Gorgeous George
(b) Winning George
(c) Chicken George
(d) Crying George

5. Who is the first person George sees upon his return to the Lea farm?
(a) Kizzy
(b) Miss Malizy
(c) Tom Lea
(d) Matilda

6. How old is Kizzy's son when he begins working in the field?
(a) Eight
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Five

7. What is the news George and the master learn as they are preparing for the trip to New Orleans?
(a) That Uncle Mingo has died
(b) That Virgil has died
(c) That the missus has died
(d) That Uncle Pompey has died

8. What is the slave name of the man with the African name Boteng Bediako?
(a) Bud
(b) Pompus
(c) Thomas
(d) Pompey

9. What is it that the slave named Noah tells Kunta that he plans to do?
(a) Be a driver like Kunta
(b) Try to make money like Fiddler
(c) Run away
(d) Ask Kizzy to marry him

10. What is the job Tom is assigned to do with regard to the war effort?
(a) Do jobs for the military for free
(b) Go to war with them to fight
(c) Blacksmith for the Calvary every other week
(d) Repair guns for the Infantry every other week

11. What had been the cause of the gardener's disability?
(a) He fell from a loft in the barn.
(b) He was mauled by dogs.
(c) He was kicked by a horse.
(d) He was beaten by a slave tracker.

12. Why does Kunta feel uneasy about Missy Anne's teaching Kizzy the letters of the alphabet?
(a) He says Kizzy is learning toubob things.
(b) He does not want Kizzy to play when she should be working.
(c) He does not believe girls should be educated.
(d) He is afraid she will be punished for learning.

13. Who has the biggest cabin among the slave quarters?
(a) Anne
(b) Fiddler
(c) Bell
(d) Kunta

14. What is it that Tom Lea says changed his life?
(a) His wife's faith in him
(b) A sermon
(c) Watching his father beat his mother
(d) The pain of always being hungry

15. What is the reason Tom comes home for a visit after nine months of training as a blacksmith?
(a) Thanksgiving
(b) Christmas
(c) The death of Uncle Pompey
(d) The birth of a new sister

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the contraption Amos describes that sounds like a cricket?

2. Why does Kizzy not offer to teach her son to read and write?

3. What does George learn he must do in order to retain his status as a free man?

4. How does Tom meet Irene?

5. What is the outcome of the overseer's wife's pregnancy?

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