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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kizzy arrested?
(a) She wrote a note for Noah.
(b) She read newspapers that belonged to the master.
(c) She stole paper.
(d) She wrote her name on the slave cabin.

2. How old is Kizzy when Bell tells her she will have to begin doing some work at the big house?
(a) Seven
(b) Eight
(c) Five
(d) Four

3. What does the master leave each time he comes to Kizzy's bed?
(a) Nothing
(b) Extra food
(c) A coin
(d) A trinket

4. Why does Kizzy not offer to teach her son to read and write?
(a) She wants him to be ready to learn.
(b) She knows it's against the law.
(c) She feels the knowledge ruined her own life.
(d) She has forgotten how herself.

5. What does George learn he must do in order to retain his status as a free man?
(a) Divorce Matilda
(b) Leave North Carolina
(c) Stop talking about his African heritage
(d) Pay Master Tom Lea

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the white man who is appointed overseer by Master Murray?

2. What is it that George shows the master in an effort to sell the idea of Tom becoming a blacksmith?

3. What does Master William say are a man's two best investments?

4. What is the news George and the master learn as they are preparing for the trip to New Orleans?

5. What is Tom's answer to the restriction that he cannot build a blacksmith shop in the Tennessee town where they arrive?

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