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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who falls in love with Saskia, making life infinitely easier for Counsel Skiffington?
(a) A majority owner in the plantation.
(b) A creditor.
(c) A rival neighbor.
(d) An unhappy slave.

2. Who is Saskia Wilhelm?
(a) An immigrant from the Netherlands.
(b) An immigrant from England.
(c) An immigrant from Lyberia.
(d) An immigrant from Ireland.

3. Who is chosen to be sheriff when Patterson resigns two years later?
(a) Counsel Skiffington.
(b) Henry Townsend.
(c) William Robbins.
(d) John Skiffington.

4. What does Caldonia swear she intends to do with the slaves?
(a) Treat them with more discipline than Henry showed.
(b) Carry on with Henry's shepherd-master ways.
(c) Allow Calvin to take over their care.
(d) Free them.

5. Why does Robbins chase down Philamena himself when she runs away to Richmond a second time?
(a) She is his lover.
(b) She is his wife.
(c) She is his daughter.
(d) She is his slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stamford believe is his fate?

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

3. What threat does Robbins level on Philamena when she returns from Richmond after her second attempt to run away?

4. Where does Skiffington meet his future bride?

5. Who stops Augustus as he makes his way home after delivery furniture to a client?

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