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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the large landowners of Manchester County become unhappy with Sheriff Patterson?
(a) Due to the incidences of missing slaves.
(b) Due to an increase in the sheriff's salary.
(c) Due to the increase in crime.
(d) Due to incidences of cruelty against slaves.

2. What does Henry do with the gift his parents bring him every Sunday during their visits?
(a) Bribes the overseer so he does not have to work.
(b) Bribes the slave patrol to allow him to wander the countryside.
(c) Bribes the groom to give him the position.
(d) Bribes Robbins to keep raising his price.

3. Why do people believe Alice wanders at night?
(a) Alice was hit in the head by a mule.
(b) Alice is afraid of small spaces.
(c) Alice was abused by a previous owner.
(d) Alice is looking for her missing child.

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

5. Who is Moses?
(a) Farmer in Virginia.
(b) Son of a plantation owner in Virginia.
(c) Slave owner on a Virginia plantation.
(d) Overseer of slaves on a Virginia plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rita?

2. What object is Elias whittling in Chapter 1?

3. What does the Act of 1806 require?

4. What is John Skiffington's job at the time he decides to marry?

5. Why did John Skiffington leave North Carolina?

(see the answer key)

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