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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jebediah step on that causes an infection in his foot?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A nail.
(c) A rattle snake.
(d) A mesquite thorn.

2. Why does Skiffington believe the runaways are dead and buried somewhere in the woods?
(a) Alice's body was found by the side of the road.
(b) Moses admitted the crime.
(c) No one has seen them since they disappeared and Moses has motive.
(d) Elias came forward as a witness to the crime.

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

4. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. From whom does Henry buy his first piece of land and his first slave?
(a) John Skiffington.
(b) Gilly Patterson.
(c) Augustus Townsend.
(d) William Robbins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Luke?

3. How does the comment that Moses is 'world stupid' give John Skiffington a new place to search for Moses?

4. Where do Augustus and Mildred stay when they are visiting their son's plantation?

5. Who does Henry attempt to choke during a disagreement over dinner at Fern's one Sunday night?

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