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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Skiffington meet his future bride?
(a) At the local hotel.
(b) At the home of Gilly Patterson.
(c) At the home of William Robbins.
(d) At the local merchantile.

2. What is Anderson Frazier's latest project about?
(a) The romantic life of an American slave.
(b) Slaves in general.
(c) The Emancipation of American slaves.
(d) Blacks owning black slaves.

3. Why do Robbins and Henry come to the sheriff's office to see Skiffington while Broussard is a prisoner there?
(a) Henry has been robbed.
(b) Robbins is missing a slave.
(c) Travis has been cruel to Robbins.
(d) Travis has been cruel to Henry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbins want to see happen to help support the sheriff's actions?

2. Who dies as his wife and teacher discuss the fate of two slaves whose owner has died?

3. Who does Fern say was the first freed slave she taught and possibly her brightest student?

4. What subject does Anderson Frazier generally write about?

5. What unusual demand does Moses make to Robbins?

(see the answer key)

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