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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Luke?
(a) A twelve year old boy Celeste and Elias have befriended.
(b) A twelve year old slave who makes trouble on the Townsend plantation.
(c) The twelve year old son of Henry Townsend.
(d) The twelve year old son of Moses.

2. What do these men do to Augustus despite the fact that he is a free man?
(a) Sell him to William Robbins.
(b) Arrest him for breaking the Act of 1806.
(c) Sell him to slave traders.
(d) Arrest him for being a run away slave.

3. What does Stamford believe is his fate?
(a) To live to see slaves freed.
(b) To die of a wasting disease.
(c) To live until he is the oldest man in the county.
(d) To die soon.

4. What does Caldonia order Moses to do in the future in regard to decisions about the slaves?
(a) To leave decision making to her and her family.
(b) To make a nightly report to her personally.
(c) To create a democracy where all the slaves make the major decisions.
(d) To turn over the overseer's job to Louis.

5. Who runs away from the Townsend Plantation under pressure from Moses?
(a) Alice, Loretta, and Bennett.
(b) Alice, Louis, and Calvin.
(c) Alice, Elias, and Celeste.
(d) Alice, Pricilla, and Jamie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the slaves on Townsend Plantation fear most when they hear of the death of Henry Townsend?

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

3. How is Luke killed?

4. What word does Maude use to refer to Caldonia and Calvin's slaves?

5. Why does Stamford stop a couple of children from picking blueberries one late afternoon?

(see the answer key)

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