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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Moses expect Caldonia to do for him now that his family is gone and he is Caldonia's lover?
(a) To make him a paid employee.
(b) To move him into the main house.
(c) To free him.
(d) To sell him.

8. What does Counsel Skiffington take from a nice couple who nursed him through an illness in South Carolina?
(a) A mule and saddle.
(b) A horse and food.
(c) A horse and saddle.
(d) A horse and buggy.

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

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

11. What ailment does Morris Calhenny suffer that only his slave, Beau, can help him overcome?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Depression.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Mental illness.

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

13. Who has John Skiffington begun to lust after even as he begins to see his career falling apart?
(a) Maude.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Caldonia.
(d) Mildred.

14. What unique problem does the arrest of Jebediah present for Sheriff Skiffington?
(a) Skiffington does not want to put a black in a cell often occupied by whites.
(b) Skiffington is confronted with health problems Jebediah will need help in controlling during his imprisonment.
(c) Skiffington does not believe Jebediah has commited a crime.
(d) Skiffington has too many prisoners to house another.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far from the Townsend Plantation does Fern live?

2. Who does Skiffington believe is behind the disappearances of Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie?

3. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?

4. Why does Caldonia begin making silent visits to the slave quarters every night?

5. How does Caldonia react to the stricken slave and Moses' part in forcing that slave to work sick?

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