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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state are the slave traders who bought free man Augustus Townsend heading to?
(a) Florida.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

2. What disease begins to sweep through the plantation, leaving most of the family and slaves dead?
(a) Black Plague.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) The flu.
(d) Dyptheria.

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

4. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?
(a) Stamford, Delphie, and Elias.
(b) Moses, Gloria, and Clement.
(c) Gloria and Stamford.
(d) Moses, Elias, and Celeste.

5. What language does the leader of this group Counsel runs into in Texas speak?
(a) Italian.
(b) English
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

6. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

7. What information about Ramsey does Jebediah reveal to Fern that changes the climate of her marriage?
(a) That Ramsey is legally married to another woman.
(b) That Ramsey beats the slaves.
(c) That Ramsey gambled away the mortgage to their home.
(d) That Ramsey cheats on her.

8. What does Counsel make Moses promise at gunpoint after Moses reveals himself by coming out of the house?
(a) To not tell anyone about the treasure Counsel believes is still hidden in the house.
(b) To not tell anyone that the slave patrol sold Augustus Townsend into slavery.
(c) To not tell anyone that Counsel killed Mildred Townsend for her treasures.
(d) To not tell anyone Counsel killed John Skiffington.

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

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

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

12. 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) Henry's.
(b) Louis'.
(c) Caldonia's.
(d) Alice's.

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

14. What is the name on the wall hanging that Calvin sees in Washington D.C., causing him to write an excited letter to his sister, Caldonia?
(a) Patience Robbins.
(b) Alice Night..
(c) Henry Townsend.
(d) Minerva Skiffington.

15. Who does Caldonia marry three years after her husband's death?
(a) Moses.
(b) Counsel Skiffington.
(c) Louis.
(d) William Robbins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Counsel Skiffington find inside the home while he is searching for Moses?

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

3. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?

4. What happens to the sick slave who Moses forces to work in the fields despite an illness?

5. Who is Saskia Wilhelm?

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