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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frazier's interviewee claim made slavery okay?
(a) The President said it was.
(b) Both the law and Bible sanctioned it.
(c) The politicians said it was.
(d) It was a way of life, the only way most people knew.

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

3. What disease begins to sweep through the plantation, leaving most of the family and slaves dead?
(a) Black Plague.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Dyptheria.
(d) The flu.

4. Who is Philomena?
(a) Robbins' personal maid.
(b) Robbins' black mistress and mother of two of his children.
(c) Robbins' cousin.
(d) Robbins' housekeeper.

5. What fear causes Clara to call Skiffington to her home?
(a) That her slave, Ralph, is going to run away.
(b) That her slave, Ralph, is dying.
(c) That her slave, Ralph, is stealing from her.
(d) That her slave, Ralph, is going to kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who admonishes Henry to show vigilance and responsibility toward his slaves?

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

3. What plantation does Saskia come to live on?

4. Who gives food and shelter to Counsel when he reaches Merryville, Louisiana?

5. Who does Augustus buy from his former owner, William Robbins?

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