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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustus show these people that are later destroyed by one of these men?
(a) An ID badge.
(b) Freedom papers.
(c) A pass from the Townsend plantation.
(d) A passport.

2. For what reason does one of the jurors on Broussard's trial believe the man was convicted?
(a) He was guilty.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was a slaveholder.
(d) He had a foreign accent.

3. 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.

4. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?
(a) Stop grieving and make a decision regarding the slaves.
(b) Sell the plantation and the slaves.
(c) Stop grieving and remarry.
(d) Free the slaves.

5. Who are Louis and Dora?
(a) Robbins' children with his wife.
(b) Robbins' slaves.
(c) Robbins' freed servants.
(d) Robbins' children with Philamena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Robbins order Moses to undress in the sheriff's office?

2. Who is exempt from the Act of 1806 because of the generosity of local whites?

3. What does Skiffington think should be done with Minerva, his slave, if the family were to move?

4. Why does Travis decide he wants the cow returned to him after he has already sold it?

5. What do Henry's parents often bring him on their Sunday visits to Robbins' plantation?

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