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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stamford believe is his fate?
(a) To live to see slaves freed.
(b) To die soon.
(c) To live until he is the oldest man in the county.
(d) To die of a wasting disease.

2. What does Broussard speak to Robbins about during his visit to the jail?
(a) France.
(b) Selling him two slaves.
(c) Owning slaves in general.
(d) Running a plantation.

3. What does Caldonia order Moses to do in the future in regard to decisions about the slaves?
(a) To leave decision making to her and her family.
(b) To turn over the overseer's job to Louis.
(c) To make a nightly report to her personally.
(d) To create a democracy where all the slaves make the major decisions.

4. What event caused the loss of county records in Manchester County?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A 1912 fire.
(d) The dissolution of the county.

5. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?
(a) Stop grieving and remarry.
(b) Sell the plantation and the slaves.
(c) Stop grieving and make a decision regarding the slaves.
(d) Free the slaves.

6. Who are Louis and Dora?
(a) Robbins' freed servants.
(b) Robbins' slaves.
(c) Robbins' children with Philamena.
(d) Robbins' children with his wife.

7. Who is Skiffington's future bride?
(a) Minerva Skiffington.
(b) Fern Elston.
(c) Winifred Patterson.
(d) Clara Martin.

8. What subject does Anderson Frazier generally write about?
(a) American peculiarities.
(b) American politics.
(c) American romance.
(d) American history.

9. Where does Skiffington tell his wife he would someday like to move to?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Back to North Carolina.
(c) California.
(d) Philadelphia.

10. Who are Henry's favorite authors?
(a) Shakespeare and Gray.
(b) Milton and Dante.
(c) Shakespeare and Austen.
(d) Milton and Gray.

11. What does Broussard offer to buy for Skiffington with the proceeds from the sale of Moses?
(a) A new map of the world.
(b) A new horse.
(c) A new gun.
(d) A new slave.

12. What inspires the punishment Henry orders for Elias when he is caught attempting to run away?
(a) A story told to him by other slave owners.
(b) A slave Henry knew as a child with a similar injury.
(c) A story in the newspaper.
(d) His own imagination.

13. Who stops Augustus as he makes his way home after delivery furniture to a client?
(a) Travis, Peoples, and Kinsey.
(b) Travis, Skiffington, and Robbins.
(c) Peoples, Kinsey, and Elias.
(d) Skiffington, Robbins, and Thomas.

14. What does Alice often do as she walks down the road?
(a) Talks to herself.
(b) Calls for her missing family.
(c) Picks weeds.
(d) Sings.

15. Why do Alice's owners put up with her odd behavior?
(a) Alice is a good worker.
(b) Alice is the daughter of the owner's cousin.
(c) Alice is a brillant artist.
(d) Alice is entertaining.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who digs Henry's grave before the funeral service?

2. Why does Robbins order Moses to undress in the sheriff's office?

3. What does Robbins want to see happen to help support the sheriff's actions?

4. How is Luke killed?

5. What type of writing does Anderson Frazier do?

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