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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do men in the Klan dress?
(a) In plain clothing to avoid notice.
(b) In masks and heavy coats.
(c) In dark suits and broad-brimmed hats.
(d) In robes and hoods.

2. What is the Middle Passage?
(a) The slaver's oath.
(b) The trade route across the ocean.
(c) The ship Muhammad is on.
(d) The trail to African villages.

3. How many slave cabins are on Moses's plantation?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

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

5. What is difficult to the slaves about their freedom?
(a) They have no money.
(b) They have never been responsible for themselves.
(c) There is no respect for them.
(d) They are afraid of all white men.

6. How are Joshua and Moses related?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) Moses is his nephew.

7. What causes many freed slaves to lose their land?
(a) Weather.
(b) Debt.
(c) Lack of capital.
(d) Taxes.

8. What does the Lewis family call their land?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Emancipation Plantation.
(c) Glory Field.
(d) Freedom Place.

9. What is Moses's cabin used for on the plantation?
(a) A bunkhouse.
(b) An entertainment site.
(c) A gathering place.
(d) A meeting hall.

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

11. What does Julia ask Lizzy to do?
(a) Walk with her.
(b) Read to her.
(c) Some gardening.
(d) Some cleaning.

12. What does Muhammad call guns?
(a) Cracklers.
(b) Boom sticks.
(c) Death toys.
(d) Fire makers.

13. What is unusual about Lizzy picking when we first meet her?
(a) The women usually do not work that field.
(b) They usually do not work on Sunday.
(c) Lizzy is far too young for hard labor.
(d) The weather is not suitable.

14. Where does Elijah's father live?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Alabama.

15. What is the occupation of Muhammad's father?
(a) Medicine Man.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Governor.
(d) Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with David Turner?

2. What is the plantation called where Lizzy lives?

3. How much land is the Lewis family given after the war?

4. What ocean does Muhammad sail across?

5. What does Lizzy tell Julia the slaves talk about in their cabins?

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