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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caldonia swear she intends to do with the slaves?
(a) Allow Calvin to take over their care.
(b) Treat them with more discipline than Henry showed.
(c) Carry on with Henry's shepherd-master ways.
(d) Free them.

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

3. Where does Skiffington meet his future bride?
(a) At the local merchantile.
(b) At the home of William Robbins.
(c) At the local hotel.
(d) At the home of Gilly Patterson.

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

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

6. Why are the slave patrols formed?
(a) To find two slaves Robbins mistakenly sold.
(b) To find Henry's parents after they ran away.
(c) To find two slaves who escaped Robbins' plantation.
(d) To find slaves stolen by abolishonists.

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

8. Who is Reverend Moffett having an affair with?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His mother-in-law.

9. 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 slave.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A new gun.

10. Who admonishes Henry to show vigilance and responsibility toward his slaves?
(a) Sheriff Skiffington.
(b) Caldonia Townsend.
(c) Augustus Townsend.
(d) William Robbins.

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

12. Why does John Skiffington decide to marry?
(a) To please his father.
(b) To obey the Bible.
(c) To have a companion.
(d) To have children.

13. Who does Fern say was the first freed slave she taught and possibly her brightest student?
(a) Caldonia.
(b) Henry.
(c) Louis.
(d) Calvin.

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

15. What word does Maude use to refer to Caldonia and Calvin's slaves?
(a) Disgrace.
(b) Legacy.
(c) Shame.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat does Robbins level on Philamena when she returns from Richmond after her second attempt to run away?

2. What type of writing does Anderson Frazier do?

3. What does the new sheriff organize to help crack down on runaway slaves?

4. What gift does John Skiffington's cousin, Counsel, give to him at the wedding?

5. What does the Act of 1806 require?

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