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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who digs Henry's grave before the funeral service?
(a) Calvin, Louis, and Augustus.
(b) Moses, Elias, and Stamford.
(c) Calvin, Robbins, and Moses.
(d) The male slaves.

2. What decision does Moses make that angers Caldonia?
(a) To punish Stamford and Clement.
(b) To force the slaves to work past dark.
(c) To punish lazy slaves with whippings.
(d) To refuse the slaves food and water.

3. Why was a white woman hanged in Bristol in front of more than three hundred people?
(a) For handing out abolishonist pamphlets.
(b) For helping a slave escape.
(c) For laying with a slave.
(d) For adultery.

4. What word does Maude use to refer to Caldonia and Calvin's slaves?
(a) Disgrace.
(b) Power.
(c) Shame.
(d) Legacy.

5. Who stops Augustus as he makes his way home after delivery furniture to a client?
(a) Peoples, Kinsey, and Elias.
(b) Travis, Peoples, and Kinsey.
(c) Skiffington, Robbins, and Thomas.
(d) Travis, Skiffington, and Robbins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Caldonia believe is a better master to slaves--a white man or a black man?

2. What object does Calvin own that inspires his dreams of moving away from Manchester County to find love and passion?

3. Why does Skiffington count Oden and his testimony for Travis about Augustus as that of only half a man?

4. Who is Luke?

5. What habit does Ramsey have that causes trouble for him and for Fern?

(see the answer key)

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