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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who was to perform the funeral service for Henry Townsend?
(a) Rev. Moffett.
(b) Rev. Morris.
(c) Robbins.
(d) Caldonia.

3. What language does the leader of this group Counsel runs into in Texas speak?
(a) Italian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) English

4. Why does Stamford stop a couple of children from picking blueberries one late afternoon?
(a) The children might hurt themselves on the bushes.
(b) A storm is coming.
(c) The children are sick and tired.
(d) So he can eat all the berries.

5. What does Counsel Skiffington take from a nice couple who nursed him through an illness in South Carolina?
(a) A mule and saddle.
(b) A horse and buggy.
(c) A horse and food.
(d) A horse and saddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Skiffington believe slavery is just and should be preserved?

2. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?

3. Why does John Skiffington decide to marry?

4. Who gives food and shelter to Counsel when he reaches Merryville, Louisiana?

5. What is the first gift Elias ever whittled and who was it for?

(see the answer key)

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