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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims to be sick the following day and unable to work in the fields as ordered?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Celeste.
(c) Delphie.
(d) Elias.

2. Whose birth does Moses claim to have been present at, even though the reader knows Moses was not in Manchester County until many years later?
(a) Alice's.
(b) Caldonia's.
(c) Henry's.
(d) Louis'.

3. How does Caldonia react to the stricken slave and Moses' part in forcing that slave to work sick?
(a) Caldonia decides to sell Moses to another plantation.
(b) Caldonia removes Moses as overseer.
(c) Caldonia demands to be informed before Moses deals with a sick slave.
(d) Caldonia accepts Moses' excuse and forgives him.

4. What does Counsel Skiffington find inside the home while he is searching for Moses?
(a) Five gold bowls.
(b) Five twenty dollar gold pieces.
(c) Five silver rings.
(d) Five twenty dollar bills.

5. How does the comment that Moses is 'world stupid' give John Skiffington a new place to search for Moses?
(a) Skiffington realizes that Moses might have gone south rather than north.
(b) Skiffington believes Moses might have sought out refuge rather than attempt to leave the county.
(c) Skiffington believes Moses would be afraid to leave the county he knows.
(d) Skiffington believes Moses might have gone west rather than east.

6. How long does Jebediah camp outside Fern's house before the slave patrol finally arrests him?
(a) One year.
(b) One day.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

7. How does Topps define perishment?
(a) The moment an investment goes bad.
(b) Fragility of human life.
(c) The moment a slave chooses to runaway.
(d) The point at which a food spoils.

8. Who is Ray Topps?
(a) A slave owner.
(b) A local merchant.
(c) A banker.
(d) An insurance man.

9. Who does Robbins charge with finding Caldonia's lost slaves after admitting he has lost faith in John Skiffington as sheriff?
(a) Moses.
(b) Louis.
(c) Counsel.
(d) Calvin.

10. How much does Caldonia estimate Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie are worth based on the books Henry kept in regard to the slaves?
(a) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(b) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

11. What plantation does Saskia come to live on?
(a) Townsend's Plantation.
(b) Tara.
(c) A Child's Dream.
(d) Robbins' Plantation.

12. What happens to the sick slave who Moses forces to work in the fields despite an illness?
(a) Gloria gives birth to a sickly baby.
(b) Delphie has a heart attack.
(c) Celeste gives birth to a stillborn baby.
(d) Elias suffers a seizure.

13. What unique problem does the arrest of Jebediah present for Sheriff Skiffington?
(a) Skiffington does not want to put a black in a cell often occupied by whites.
(b) Skiffington has too many prisoners to house another.
(c) Skiffington is confronted with health problems Jebediah will need help in controlling during his imprisonment.
(d) Skiffington does not believe Jebediah has commited a crime.

14. Who says that Moses is 'world stupid', implying that he does not know North from South?
(a) Loretta.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Elias.
(d) Bennett.

15. Who believes Fern and her husband continue to owe four hundred and fifty dollars?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Moses.
(c) Jebediah.
(d) Maude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes care of Moses after he is hobbled and has fallen into a depression so deep he refuses to eat or see anyone?

2. What language does the leader of this group Counsel runs into in Texas speak?

3. Why does Caldonia begin making silent visits to the slave quarters every night?

4. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?

5. Why were Saskia and her husband exiled from England?

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