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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The 11:59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title does Henri hold at the Pin Oak Plantation?
(a) Night Watchman.
(b) Overseer.
(c) Assistant Manager.
(d) Head Botanist.

2. Henri's mother was what in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?
(a) A plantation owner.
(b) A white woman.
(c) Native American.
(d) A freed slave.

3. What do the slaves do to the item taken from the plantation owner in "We Organized"?
(a) Throw water on it.
(b) Chant to it.
(c) Scream at it.
(d) Light it on fire.

4. In what Classical work is the mythological Ajax notable for his abundant strength and courage, seen particularly in two fights with Hector?
(a) The Birds.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Homeric Hymns.
(d) The Odyssey

5. Where is the slave from which the plantation owner offends in "We Organized"?
(a) Egypt.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Liberia.
(d) The Congo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the labor union associated with the Pullman Palace Car Company?

2. When did the Pullman Strike take place?

3. What does the slave owner begin to hear in his head after the "spell" by the slaves in "We Organized"?

4. Who was Harper's father in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?

5. Who was the father of Ajax in Greek mythology?

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