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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is chosen to be sheriff when Patterson resigns two years later?
(a) John Skiffington.
(b) Henry Townsend.
(c) William Robbins.
(d) Counsel Skiffington.

2. Who becomes Henry's mentor despite Augustus' disapproval?
(a) Oden Peoples.
(b) John Skiffington.
(c) William Robbins.
(d) Barnum Kinsey.

3. What is unusual about the fact that Henry Townsend owns slaves?
(a) Henry was beaten by slaves.
(b) Henry was once a slave himself.
(c) Henry is the child of slaves currently owned by a neighbor.
(d) Henry is an abolitionist.

4. To whom does patroller Travis sell a dying cow?
(a) Oden Peoples.
(b) Henry Townsend.
(c) Barnum Kinsey.
(d) Clarence Wilford.

5. Why does Travis decide he wants the cow returned to him after he has already sold it?
(a) The new owner learns the cow is expecting a calf.
(b) It gets over the illness that should have killed it.
(c) It begins producing milk.
(d) The new owner sells it for more money than he paid for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Broussard's punishment for his crime?

2. Who does Caldonia marry three years after her husband's death?

3. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?

4. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?

5. Why does this family turn on Counsel the very next morning, after offering him shelter and food the night before?

(see the answer key)

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