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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) A passport.
(c) A pass from the Townsend plantation.
(d) Freedom papers.

2. What inspires the punishment Henry orders for Elias when he is caught attempting to run away?
(a) A slave Henry knew as a child with a similar injury.
(b) A story in the newspaper.
(c) His own imagination.
(d) A story told to him by other slave owners.

3. What did Maude's husband, Tilmon, want to do with their slaves after the death of their third child?
(a) Buy more.
(b) Free them.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Kill them.

4. What does Robbins want to see happen to help support the sheriff's actions?
(a) A militia formed.
(b) A slave patrol organized.
(c) A military regime brought in.
(d) An increase in the number of deputies.

5. Who is exempt from the Act of 1806 because of the generosity of local whites?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Henry.
(c) Moses.
(d) Mildred.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does patroller Travis sell a dying cow?

2. Who does Henry attempt to choke during a disagreement over dinner at Fern's one Sunday night?

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

4. What is the first gift Elias ever whittled and who was it for?

5. What gift does John Skiffington's cousin, Counsel, give to him at the wedding?

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