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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far from the Townsend Plantation does Fern live?
(a) Eight miles.
(b) Eighteen miles.
(c) Eight-eight miles.
(d) Eighty miles.

2. Who runs away from the Townsend Plantation under pressure from Moses?
(a) Alice, Loretta, and Bennett.
(b) Alice, Pricilla, and Jamie.
(c) Alice, Elias, and Celeste.
(d) Alice, Louis, and Calvin.

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

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

5. What does Augustus attempt to do the moment he is bought and paid for?
(a) Sue the slave patrol and the slave traders for kidnapping.
(b) Return to Virginia.
(c) Demand his freedom.
(d) Kill Darcy and Stennis for their cruelties.

6. What does Moses expect Caldonia to do for him now that his family is gone and he is Caldonia's lover?
(a) To free him.
(b) To move him into the main house.
(c) To sell him.
(d) To make him a paid employee.

7. Why does Skiffington count Oden and his testimony for Travis about Augustus as that of only half a man?
(a) Oden is a criminal.
(b) Oden is a freed slave.
(c) Oden is mentally impaired.
(d) Oden is an Indian.

8. Who takes care of Moses after he is hobbled and has fallen into a depression so deep he refuses to eat or see anyone?
(a) Alice.
(b) Elias.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Caldonia.

9. At whose home does Skiffington come to believe Moses is hiding out?
(a) Mildred Townsend's.
(b) William Robbins'.
(c) Gilly Patterson's.
(d) Caldonia Townsend's.

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

11. Who decides to buy Jebediah when it is learned that he forged his freedom papers and is to return to his original owner?
(a) Robbins.
(b) Caldonia.
(c) Maude.
(d) Fern.

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) Celeste gives birth to a stillborn baby.
(c) Elias suffers a seizure.
(d) Delphie has a heart attack.

13. Who is named overseer in the wake of Moses' disappearance?
(a) Elias.
(b) Stamford.
(c) Louis.
(d) Celeste.

14. Why does this family turn on Counsel the very next morning, after offering him shelter and food the night before?
(a) Counsel stole money from their home.
(b) Counsel allowed the woman of the house to seduce him.
(c) Counsel revealed himself to be prejudice against blacks.
(d) Counsel was caught stealing a horse.

15. What fate lies ahead of Jebediah when it is discovered he has forged his freedom papers?
(a) Sale to a new owner.
(b) Jail time.
(c) Death.
(d) Constant beatings from his owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Counsel run into as he enters Texas and finds himself surrounded by a pack of dogs?

2. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?

3. What plantation does Saskia come to live on?

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

5. Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses?

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