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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is named overseer in the wake of Moses' disappearance?
(a) Elias.
(b) Celeste.
(c) Stamford.
(d) Louis.
2. Who claims to be sick the following day and unable to work in the fields as ordered?
(a) Elias.
(b) Celeste.
(c) Delphie.
(d) Gloria.
3. What does Counsel Skiffington find inside the home while he is searching for Moses?
(a) Five twenty dollar bills.
(b) Five twenty dollar gold pieces.
(c) Five silver rings.
(d) Five gold bowls.
4. Who tells Skiffington that Travis sold Augustus Townsend to slave traders?
(a) Barnum Kinsey.
(b) Oden.
(c) Counsel Skiffington.
(d) William Robbins.
5. Who are the majority of the employees at the hotel/restaurant/saloon that Alice, Priscilla, and James own in Washington, D.C.?
(a) Freed blacks.
(b) Runaway slaves.
(c) Minorities of all racial backgrounds.
(d) Poor whites.
6. Who do Darcy and Stennis finally manage to sell Augustus to for fifty-three dollars?
(a) William Robbins.
(b) Wilson Calhenny.
(c) Hillard Uster.
(d) Morris Calhenny.
7. 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 possibly prevent any more runaways.
(c) To keep her loneliness and grief at bay.
(d) To make sure Moses is treating the slaves properly.
8. Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses?
(a) Oden.
(b) Barnum.
(c) Counsel.
(d) Travis.
9. Who runs away from the Townsend Plantation under pressure from Moses?
(a) Alice, Loretta, and Bennett.
(b) Alice, Louis, and Calvin.
(c) Alice, Elias, and Celeste.
(d) Alice, Pricilla, and Jamie.
10. What does Moses include in his reports to Caldonia every night?
(a) Stories of how Henry built the house for her.
(b) Stories of how the slaves are building a rebellion against her.
(c) Stories of how Henry spoke fondly of her all through their marriage.
(d) Stories of how he would treat her if she were his wife.
11. How does Topps define perishment?
(a) Fragility of human life.
(b) The point at which a food spoils.
(c) The moment a slave chooses to runaway.
(d) The moment an investment goes bad.
12. What ailment does Morris Calhenny suffer that only his slave, Beau, can help him overcome?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Seizures.
13. What does Counsel Skiffington take from a nice couple who nursed him through an illness in South Carolina?
(a) A horse and buggy.
(b) A horse and food.
(c) A horse and saddle.
(d) A mule and saddle.
14. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?
(a) For killing patients with drug overdoses.
(b) For abusing the nurses.
(c) For failing his mid-term exams.
(d) For admitting the cadavers speak to him.
15. Who does Moses think needs to be out of the picture to clear the way for Caldonia to free him and marry him?
(a) Louis and Calvin.
(b) Loretta and Bennett.
(c) Elias and Celeste.
(d) Priscilla and Jamie.
Short Answer Questions
1. What profession does Saskia's husband force her into, first in Philadelphia, and later, North Carolina?
2. What happens to nine-year-old Abundance Crawford during the journey south with the slave traders?
3. Who believes Fern and her husband continue to owe four hundred and fifty dollars?
4. What plantation does Saskia come to live on?
5. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?
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