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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does Saskia's husband force her into, first in Philadelphia, and later, North Carolina?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Housekeeping.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Nursing.

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

3. What ailment does Morris Calhenny suffer that only his slave, Beau, can help him overcome?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Depression.
(d) Diabetes.

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

5. Why does Skiffington believe the runaways are dead and buried somewhere in the woods?
(a) Elias came forward as a witness to the crime.
(b) Alice's body was found by the side of the road.
(c) No one has seen them since they disappeared and Moses has motive.
(d) Moses admitted the crime.

6. Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses?
(a) Oden.
(b) Barnum.
(c) Travis.
(d) Counsel.

7. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?
(a) Travis.
(b) Barnum.
(c) Oden.
(d) Counsel.

8. Who arrives in Manchester County, causing John Skiffington to think of Rip Van Winkle?
(a) Moses.
(b) Augustus Townsend.
(c) Counsel Skiffington.
(d) William Robbins.

9. Who claims that Jebediah forged his freedom papers?
(a) Ramsey.
(b) His owner, Rev. Wilbur Mann.
(c) Oden Peoples.
(d) Sheriff Skiffington.

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

11. 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 mentally impaired.
(c) Oden is an Indian.
(d) Oden is a freed slave.

12. Why does Caldonia begin making silent visits to the slave quarters every night?
(a) To check on the health of slaves who have recently given birth.
(b) To make sure Moses is treating the slaves properly.
(c) To keep her loneliness and grief at bay.
(d) To possibly prevent any more runaways.

13. What does Counsel run into as he enters Texas and finds himself surrounded by a pack of dogs?
(a) A militia fighting Mexicans.
(b) A wagon train.
(c) A group of immigrants.
(d) A group of fugitive slaves.

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

15. Who are the majority of the employees at the hotel/restaurant/saloon that Alice, Priscilla, and James own in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Poor whites.
(b) Minorities of all racial backgrounds.
(c) Freed blacks.
(d) Runaway slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Caldonia marry three years after her husband's death?

2. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?

3. Who falls in love with Saskia, making life infinitely easier for Counsel Skiffington?

4. Where does Counsel hope to eventually make his home?

5. Why does Moses force a sick slave to work in the fields despite protest from this person's family and friends?

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