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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: April 1900.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Sister Clinton from the Lewis family?
(a) She was never a slave.
(b) She has red hair.
(c) She is rich.
(d) She is light skinned.

2. What is Foster's occupation?
(a) Telegraph worker.
(b) Plantation owner.
(c) Bondsman.
(d) Tailor.

3. Who helps Elijah repair something?
(a) Albert.
(b) Annie.
(c) Archie.
(d) Abby.

4. What do the white men call Moses's wife?
(a) Aunt Sara.
(b) Sister Saran.
(c) Mother Shara.
(d) Sweet Serene.

5. Why does Joshua run away?
(a) To keep a promise.
(b) To avoid more whippings.
(c) To save his nephew.
(d) To keep his fiancée from being sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elijah doing when we first meet him?

2. What does Muhammad call guns?

3. How does the narrator describe the Lewis slave family?

4. What is the Middle Passage?

5. What shows the family history at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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