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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Rita?
(a) A slave who became surrogate mother to Henry Townsend after his parents bought their freedom.
(b) A slave who knows how to read and teaches others to read.
(c) A slave who works as personal maid to Robbins' wife.
(d) A slave who was killed by a slave owner attempting to cause fear in other runaway slaves.

3. What gift does John Skiffington's cousin, Counsel, give to him at the wedding?
(a) A child slave.
(b) A middle-aged slave.
(c) A new house.
(d) A new carriage.

4. Who is Moses afraid might see him as he makes his nightly forays into the woods?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Delphie.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Alice.

5. What does Augustus Townsend do to make his living?
(a) Makes boots.
(b) Serves food in a restaurant.
(c) Builds furniture.
(d) Is a deputy sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Skiffington turn to for advice on the laws regarding freed slaves and whether than can be sold into slavery?

2. Why does Skiffington fight his lust for this other woman in his life?

3. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?

4. What habit does Ramsey have that causes trouble for him and for Fern?

5. What happens to the sick slave who Moses forces to work in the fields despite an illness?

(see the answer key)

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