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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inspires the punishment Henry orders for Elias when he is caught attempting to run away?
(a) A slave Henry knew as a child with a similar injury.
(b) A story told to him by other slave owners.
(c) A story in the newspaper.
(d) His own imagination.

2. Who are Louis and Dora?
(a) Robbins' children with his wife.
(b) Robbins' freed servants.
(c) Robbins' slaves.
(d) Robbins' children with Philamena.

3. Who admonishes Henry to show vigilance and responsibility toward his slaves?
(a) Augustus Townsend.
(b) Caldonia Townsend.
(c) William Robbins.
(d) Sheriff Skiffington.

4. Why does Fern believe Caldonia's mother never would have allowed Henry to court her daughter?
(a) His skin was darker than Caldonia's.
(b) He had no money.
(c) He owned slaves.
(d) He was once a slave himself.

5. In whose crate does Rita hide in order to attempt her escape?
(a) The Townsends'.
(b) The Robbins'.
(c) The Skiffingtons'.
(d) The Pattersons'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do these men do to Augustus despite the fact that he is a free man?

2. Who is Skiffington's future bride?

3. Why does Robbins order Moses to undress in the sheriff's office?

4. Why are the slave patrols formed?

5. Who does Caldonia believe is a better master to slaves--a white man or a black man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robbins continually raise his asking price for Henry Townsend's freedom?

2. Who becomes sheriff after Patterson is pushed out of office?

3. Why does John Skiffington decide to get married in 1840?

4. What is the 'Rita-thing'?

5. Why do Robbins and Henry visit Skiffinton's jail while Broussard is imprisoned there?

6. Why does Caldonia insist that Moses begin coming to the house to give her nightly reports on the activities of the plantation?

7. Who dies in Chapter 1?

8. Who is Luke? How does he die?

9. What is Maude Newman's opinion as to what her widowed daughter, Caldonia, should do with her slaves?

10. After Henry is freed, who teaches him the value of money and helps him make money with his bootmaking skills?

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