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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Counsel Skiffington find inside the home while he is searching for Moses?
(a) Five gold bowls.
(b) Five silver rings.
(c) Five twenty dollar bills.
(d) Five twenty dollar gold pieces.

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

4. What possession does Tessie show everyone, a possession she will cherish until she dies more than eighty years later?
(a) A horse and buggy carving Moses gave her.
(b) The doll Elias carved for her.
(c) A dress made for her dead baby sister.
(d) A horse Elias carved for her.

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

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

7. Why does Moses force a sick slave to work in the fields despite protest from this person's family and friends?
(a) Moses is angry at the rumors being told about him and wants to punish everyone.
(b) Moses does not believe the person is telling the truth.
(c) Moses dislikes this sick person and would be happy to see them die.
(d) Moses is just mean.

8. Who suggests to Caldonia that she buy insurance to cover her slaves?
(a) Maude.
(b) Robbins.
(c) Louis.
(d) Skiffington.

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

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

11. What does Moses include in his reports to Caldonia every night?
(a) Stories of how he would treat her if she were his wife.
(b) Stories of how the slaves are building a rebellion against her.
(c) Stories of how Henry built the house for her.
(d) Stories of how Henry spoke fondly of her all through their marriage.

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

13. Who falls in love with Saskia, making life infinitely easier for Counsel Skiffington?
(a) A creditor.
(b) A majority owner in the plantation.
(c) An unhappy slave.
(d) A rival neighbor.

14. Who is named overseer in the wake of Moses' disappearance?
(a) Elias.
(b) Celeste.
(c) Louis.
(d) Stamford.

15. What plantation does Saskia come to live on?
(a) A Child's Dream.
(b) Tara.
(c) Townsend's Plantation.
(d) Robbins' Plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the leader of this group Counsel runs into in Texas speak?

2. Why was a white woman hanged in Bristol in front of more than three hundred people?

3. What does Moses expect Caldonia to do for him now that his family is gone and he is Caldonia's lover?

4. What does Counsel run into as he enters Texas and finds himself surrounded by a pack of dogs?

5. Who says that Moses is 'world stupid', implying that he does not know North from South?

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