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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 Robbins want to see happen to help support the sheriff's actions?
(a) A militia formed.
(b) A slave patrol organized.
(c) An increase in the number of deputies.
(d) A military regime brought in.

2. What do the slaves on Townsend Plantation fear most when they hear of the death of Henry Townsend?
(a) They will be sold and separated from their loved ones.
(b) They will be forced to continue working for the plantation.
(c) They will be sold to less kind slave owners.
(d) They will be freed and forced to leave Virginia.

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

4. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?
(a) Stop grieving and make a decision regarding the slaves.
(b) Sell the plantation and the slaves.
(c) Stop grieving and remarry.
(d) Free the slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Saskia's husband force her into, first in Philadelphia, and later, North Carolina?

2. What disease begins to sweep through the plantation, leaving most of the family and slaves dead?

3. Who is Reverend Moffett having an affair with?

4. What does Counsel run into as he enters Texas and finds himself surrounded by a pack of dogs?

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

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