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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Skiffington concerned about in light of the number of missing slaves from Caldonia's plantation?
(a) That Robbins will lose faith in him like he did Patterson.
(b) That the missing slaves will kill him in his sleep.
(c) That Caldonia will move to have him replaced as sheriff for not finding her slaves.
(d) That the missing slaves will be killed by his patrollers.

2. What is the first job Henry has after winning his freedom from slavery?
(a) Making furniture with his father.
(b) Making boots.
(c) Working in cotton fields.
(d) Caring for the horses on a local farm.

3. Why was a white woman hanged in Bristol in front of more than three hundred people?
(a) For adultery.
(b) For laying with a slave.
(c) For helping a slave escape.
(d) For handing out abolishonist pamphlets.

4. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?
(a) Travis.
(b) Barnum.
(c) Counsel.
(d) Oden.

5. Who is Rita?
(a) A slave who became surrogate mother to Henry Townsend after his parents bought their freedom.
(b) A slave who knows how to read and teaches others to read.
(c) A slave who works as personal maid to Robbins' wife.
(d) A slave who was killed by a slave owner attempting to cause fear in other runaway slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Anderson Frazier generally write about?

2. Where does Henry request he be buried?

3. What information about Ramsey does Jebediah reveal to Fern that changes the climate of her marriage?

4. Who is Clara Martin?

5. Why does Skiffington fight his lust for this other woman in his life?

(see the answer key)

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