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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frazier's interviewee claim made slavery okay?
(a) The politicians said it was.
(b) It was a way of life, the only way most people knew.
(c) The President said it was.
(d) Both the law and Bible sanctioned it.

2. Why are the slave patrols formed?
(a) To find two slaves Robbins mistakenly sold.
(b) To find Henry's parents after they ran away.
(c) To find two slaves who escaped Robbins' plantation.
(d) To find slaves stolen by abolishonists.

3. What does Rita hide under inside this crate in order to escape?
(a) William Robbins' whips.
(b) Gilly Patterson's clothing.
(c) Augustus Townsend's walking sticks.
(d) John Skiffington's books.

4. What inspires the punishment Henry orders for Elias when he is caught attempting to run away?
(a) A slave Henry knew as a child with a similar injury.
(b) A story told to him by other slave owners.
(c) His own imagination.
(d) A story in the newspaper.

5. Why do Alice's owners put up with her odd behavior?
(a) Alice is entertaining.
(b) Alice is the daughter of the owner's cousin.
(c) Alice is a brillant artist.
(d) Alice is a good worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Louis and Dora?

2. Who is Skiffington's future bride?

3. Who does Caldonia believe is a better master to slaves--a white man or a black man?

4. What gift does John Skiffington's cousin, Counsel, give to him at the wedding?

5. Who was to perform the funeral service for Henry Townsend?

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