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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Alice Night..
(b) Henry Townsend.
(c) Minerva Skiffington.
(d) Patience Robbins.

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

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

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

7. What unique problem does the arrest of Jebediah present for Sheriff Skiffington?
(a) Skiffington is confronted with health problems Jebediah will need help in controlling during his imprisonment.
(b) Skiffington has too many prisoners to house another.
(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.

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

9. Who do Darcy and Stennis finally manage to sell Augustus to for fifty-three dollars?
(a) Hillard Uster.
(b) William Robbins.
(c) Morris Calhenny.
(d) Wilson Calhenny.

10. What happens to nine-year-old Abundance Crawford during the journey south with the slave traders?
(a) She dies and they have a nice, impromtu funeral for her on the side of the road.
(b) She dies and is left abandoned on the side of the road.
(c) She breaks a leg and is left abandoned on the side of the road.
(d) She becomes ill and is left with some racist slave patrollers on the side of the road.

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

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

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

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

15. Who accuses Moses of working the slaves too hard and too late into the day?
(a) Elias.
(b) Louis.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Delphie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tells Skiffington that Travis sold Augustus Townsend to slave traders?

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

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

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

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