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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Moses afraid might see him as he makes his nightly forays into the woods?
(a) Alice.
(b) Delphie.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Priscilla.

2. Who does Mildred claim ignored her plea for help when she went to report her husband missing at the sheriff's office?
(a) Travis.
(b) Counsel.
(c) Skiffington.
(d) Barnum.

3. How does the comment that Moses is 'world stupid' give John Skiffington a new place to search for Moses?
(a) Skiffington believes Moses might have gone west rather than east.
(b) Skiffington believes Moses might have sought out refuge rather than attempt to leave the county.
(c) Skiffington realizes that Moses might have gone south rather than north.
(d) Skiffington believes Moses would be afraid to leave the county he knows.

4. Who does Skiffington believe is behind the disappearances of Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie?
(a) Travis and Oden.
(b) Elias.
(c) The slave traders.
(d) Moses.

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

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

7. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?
(a) For killing patients with drug overdoses.
(b) For failing his mid-term exams.
(c) For admitting the cadavers speak to him.
(d) For abusing the nurses.

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

9. 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) Caldonia's.
(c) Louis'.
(d) Alice's.

10. Who does Robbins charge with finding Caldonia's lost slaves after admitting he has lost faith in John Skiffington as sheriff?
(a) Counsel.
(b) Moses.
(c) Louis.
(d) Calvin.

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

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

13. Why does Skiffington fight his lust for this other woman in his life?
(a) Skiffington is afraid it will become public gossip.
(b) Skiffington loves his wife.
(c) The Bible looks down on adultery.
(d) The woman in question has rebuffed his advances.

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

15. Why were Saskia and her husband exiled from England?
(a) They were theives.
(b) They are black plague carriers.
(c) They are murderers.
(d) They had smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Jebediah camp outside Fern's house before the slave patrol finally arrests him?

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

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

5. Who has John Skiffington begun to lust after even as he begins to see his career falling apart?

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