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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Calvin own that inspires his dreams of moving away from Manchester County to find love and passion?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) A picture of a family.
(c) A magazine article.
(d) A snowglobe.

2. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?
(a) Moses, Elias, and Celeste.
(b) Moses, Gloria, and Clement.
(c) Stamford, Delphie, and Elias.
(d) Gloria and Stamford.

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

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

5. What happens to nine-year-old Abundance Crawford during the journey south with the slave traders?
(a) She dies and they have a nice, impromtu funeral for her on the side of the road.
(b) She becomes ill and is left with some racist slave patrollers on the side of the road.
(c) She dies and is left abandoned on the side of the road.
(d) She breaks a leg and is left abandoned on the side of the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Moses think needs to be out of the picture to clear the way for Caldonia to free him and marry him?

2. Why does Robbins chase down Philamena himself when she runs away to Richmond a second time?

3. Why does Loretta suggest fieldwork be suspended in the aftermath of Henry Townsend's death?

4. What does the Act of 1806 require?

5. What object is Elias whittling in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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