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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the large landowners of Manchester County become unhappy with Sheriff Patterson?
(a) Due to the incidences of missing slaves.
(b) Due to an increase in the sheriff's salary.
(c) Due to incidences of cruelty against slaves.
(d) Due to the increase in crime.

2. How does Robbins react when he finds Philamena in Richmond after she has run away a second time?
(a) He has her arrested.
(b) He beats her to near death.
(c) He offers her a divorce.
(d) He threatens to lock her in her room,

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

4. Where does Henry request he be buried?
(a) In the same cemetery, near but not among, the slaves who have died on his plantation.
(b) Near the house, separate from the family cemetery.
(c) In a separate cemetery from the slaves who have died on the plantation.
(d) In the Robbins' family cemetery.

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

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

7. Who is Moses?
(a) Slave owner on a Virginia plantation.
(b) Farmer in Virginia.
(c) Overseer of slaves on a Virginia plantation.
(d) Son of a plantation owner in Virginia.

8. Why does Robbins continuously raise the asking price for Henry as Augustus attempts to buy his freedom?
(a) Robbins does not believe Henry should be free.
(b) Robbins cares for Henry and likes his quaility of work.
(c) Robbins does not want to separate Henry from his surrogate mother, Rita.
(d) Robbins does not believe any slave should be free.

9. 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 make a nightly report to her personally.
(c) To turn over the overseer's job to Louis.
(d) To create a democracy where all the slaves make the major decisions.

10. Who digs Henry's grave before the funeral service?
(a) The male slaves.
(b) Calvin, Louis, and Augustus.
(c) Calvin, Robbins, and Moses.
(d) Moses, Elias, and Stamford.

11. Who does Henry attempt to choke during a disagreement over dinner at Fern's one Sunday night?
(a) Moses.
(b) Louis.
(c) Ramsey.
(d) Calvin.

12. Who does Augustus buy from his former owner, William Robbins?
(a) His wife, Mildred.
(b) His mother, Rita.
(c) His son, Jack.
(d) His cousin, Mike.

13. How does Augustus react to the news that Henry has become a slave owner?
(a) Augustus warns that only trouble can come from a black man acting like a white man.
(b) Augustus tells Henry his future is looking bright.
(c) Augustus breaks Henry's shoulder with a walking stick.
(d) Augustus congratulates his son and celebrates this moment of glory.

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

15. Why does Loretta suggest fieldwork be suspended in the aftermath of Henry Townsend's death?
(a) To wait until decisions are made as to what to do with the plantation and slaves.
(b) To prevent spoiling the journey of Henry's soul.
(c) To keep from disturbing the mourners.
(d) To prevent misunderstandings later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit does Ramsey have that causes trouble for him and for Fern?

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

3. What does the Act of 1806 require?

4. Why does Skiffington believe slavery is just and should be preserved?

5. For whom does John Skiffington work?

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