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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?
(a) A cop named Paddy Smith.
(b) William Robbins.
(c) An immigrant named Mary Conlon.
(d) Augustus Townsend.

2. What has Fern's mother taught her about the man she should marry?
(a) Not to marry a man with lighter skin than her own.
(b) Not to marry a man with less money than her.
(c) Not to marry a man with darker skin than her own.
(d) Not to marry a man with more money than her.

3. For whom does John Skiffington work?
(a) Henry Townsend.
(b) William Robbins.
(c) Sheriff Gilly Patterson.
(d) The people of Manchester County.

4. What habit does Ramsey have that causes trouble for him and for Fern?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Drinking.

5. Where does Henry request he be buried?
(a) Near the house, separate from the family cemetery.
(b) In the Robbins' family cemetery.
(c) In a separate cemetery from the slaves who have died on the plantation.
(d) In the same cemetery, near but not among, the slaves who have died on his plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Moses?

2. On what occasion does Rita attempt to escape?

3. What does Frazier's interviewee claim made slavery okay?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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