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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. For what reason does one of the jurors on Broussard's trial believe the man was convicted?
(a) He had a foreign accent.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was a slaveholder.
(d) He was guilty.

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

3. How does Augustus react to the news that Henry has become a slave owner?
(a) Augustus warns that only trouble can come from a black man acting like a white man.
(b) Augustus congratulates his son and celebrates this moment of glory.
(c) Augustus tells Henry his future is looking bright.
(d) Augustus breaks Henry's shoulder with a walking stick.

4. What punishment did Henry hire Oden Peoples to carry out against Elias for attempting to run away?
(a) Cut off his toes.
(b) Cut off his ear.
(c) Hobble him.
(d) Cut off his tongue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?

2. Who are Louis and Dora?

3. Where does Skiffington tell his wife he would someday like to move to?

4. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?

5. Who admonishes Henry to show vigilance and responsibility toward his slaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who dies in Chapter 1?

3. What is the 'Rita-thing'?

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

5. Who does Calvin have a crush on? Why does Calvin believe this person would rebuff any suggestions of romance? Where does Calvin want to go and why?

6. Who was Henry Townsend's first slave?

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

8. What or who does Robbins buy from Broussard?

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

10. What is significant about the subjects Anderson Frazier writes about?

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