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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which woman does Elias develop an affection for while a slave on the Townsend Plantation?
(a) Celeste.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Delphie.

2. Why does Robbins order Moses to undress in the sheriff's office?
(a) To humiliate him.
(b) To decide whether he is worth purchasing.
(c) To show Henry how to judge a slave.
(d) To prove he raped a girl.

3. Where does Counsel hope to eventually make his home?
(a) California.
(b) Manchester County.
(c) New York.
(d) Arizona.

4. Whose birth does Moses claim to have been present at, even though the reader knows Moses was not in Manchester County until many years later?
(a) Henry's.
(b) Caldonia's.
(c) Louis'.
(d) Alice's.

5. Where does the shipping crate take Rita?
(a) Portland.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rita?

2. Why did John Skiffington leave North Carolina?

3. What does Broussard speak to Robbins about during his visit to the jail?

4. Why does Skiffington believe slavery is just and should be preserved?

5. What is the major legal issue facing Sheriff Skiffington?

(see the answer key)

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