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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?
(a) A month.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A day.

2. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Dozens.
(b) Millions.
(c) A handful.
(d) But a few.

3. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Flies.
(c) Moths.
(d) Bats.

4. The narrator claims to “lean and loafe at my ease observing” what, in Section 1?
(a) “A blooming spring flower.”
(b) “A spear of summer grass.”
(c) “The falling flakes of snow.”
(d) “A falling autumn leaf.”

5. What does the butcher-boy put off, according to the narrator in Section 12?
(a) “His resting clothes.”
(b) “His church clothes.”
(c) “His working clothes.”
(d) “His killing-clothes.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?

2. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?

3. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?

4. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?

5. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?

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