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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first job Henry has after winning his freedom from slavery?
(a) Working in cotton fields.
(b) Caring for the horses on a local farm.
(c) Making furniture with his father.
(d) Making boots.

2. Why does Skiffington count Oden and his testimony for Travis about Augustus as that of only half a man?
(a) Oden is a freed slave.
(b) Oden is an Indian.
(c) Oden is a criminal.
(d) Oden is mentally impaired.

3. Why does Robbins order Moses to undress in the sheriff's office?
(a) To prove he raped a girl.
(b) To show Henry how to judge a slave.
(c) To humiliate him.
(d) To decide whether he is worth purchasing.

4. Why did John Skiffington leave North Carolina?
(a) To be closer to his father's relatives.
(b) His father had a dream that they should free their slaves and all the slaves of the state.
(c) To bury his mother in her home state.
(d) To move to a state where slave ownership was legal and encouraged.

5. Who stops Augustus as he makes his way home after delivery furniture to a client?
(a) Peoples, Kinsey, and Elias.
(b) Travis, Peoples, and Kinsey.
(c) Travis, Skiffington, and Robbins.
(d) Skiffington, Robbins, and Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Calvin swear he would do with his own slaves if his mother was not standing in his way?

2. Who is Reverend Moffett having an affair with?

3. What ailment does Robbins suffer from?

4. What does Broussard speak to Robbins about during his visit to the jail?

5. Why does Moses force a sick slave to work in the fields despite protest from this person's family and friends?

(see the answer key)

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