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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 ailment does Robbins suffer from?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Seizures.

2. Who takes in Stamford to help heal his wounds after a fight with his cabin mate, Clement?
(a) Caldonia.
(b) Delphie.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Moses.

3. What mistake does Frazier make when he approaches this woman to discuss his latest writing project?
(a) Fazier assumes she wants to talk about slavery.
(b) Frazier assumes she once owned slaves.
(c) Frazier assumes she was once a slave.
(d) Frazier assumes she is white.

4. What causes a fight between Stamford and his cabin mate, Clement?
(a) An interest in the same girl.
(b) Lost possessions.
(c) Bitter words about a mutual friend.
(d) The abuse of a child.

5. What does Alice often do as she walks down the road?
(a) Sings.
(b) Calls for her missing family.
(c) Talks to herself.
(d) Picks weeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear causes Clara to call Skiffington to her home?

2. What decision does Moses make that angers Caldonia?

3. Who is Reverend Moffett having an affair with?

4. What is Anderson Frazier's latest project about?

5. Why does John Skiffington decide to marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who asks Fern to take Henry on as a student? Why?

3. Who was Henry Townsend's first slave?

4. Why do landowners, such as Robbins, become unhappy with Patterson's reign as sheriff in Manchester County?

5. What gift are John Skiffington and his wife, Winifred, given at their wedding?

6. What do the slaves fear upon learning of the death of Henry Townsend?

7. Why does Stamford pick blueberries for a couple of children he sees going out to pick berries in a storm?

8. Who does Skiffington meet at his boss, Patterson's, house and where is she from?

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

10. What causes the feud between Harvey Travis and Clarence Wilford?

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