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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?
(a) Oden.
(b) Travis.
(c) Barnum.
(d) Counsel.

3. What does Counsel run into as he enters Texas and finds himself surrounded by a pack of dogs?
(a) A group of fugitive slaves.
(b) A group of immigrants.
(c) A militia fighting Mexicans.
(d) A wagon train.

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

5. What happens to the sick slave who Moses forces to work in the fields despite an illness?
(a) Celeste gives birth to a stillborn baby.
(b) Delphie has a heart attack.
(c) Gloria gives birth to a sickly baby.
(d) Elias suffers a seizure.

6. What is Skiffington concerned about in light of the number of missing slaves from Caldonia's plantation?
(a) That Robbins will lose faith in him like he did Patterson.
(b) That the missing slaves will be killed by his patrollers.
(c) That Caldonia will move to have him replaced as sheriff for not finding her slaves.
(d) That the missing slaves will kill him in his sleep.

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

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

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

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

11. What fate lies ahead of Jebediah when it is discovered he has forged his freedom papers?
(a) Sale to a new owner.
(b) Death.
(c) Jail time.
(d) Constant beatings from his owner.

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

13. What state are the slave traders who bought free man Augustus Townsend heading to?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Florida.
(d) Georgia.

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

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) Elias and Celeste.
(b) Priscilla and Jamie.
(c) Louis and Calvin.
(d) Loretta and Bennett.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses?

3. How does Topps define perishment?

4. What does Counsel make Moses promise at gunpoint after Moses reveals himself by coming out of the house?

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

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