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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. Why does Skiffington believe slavery is just and should be preserved?
(a) Due to the fact that the Southern economy relies on it.
(b) Due to the fact that it is sanctioned in the Bible.
(c) Due to the fact that he enjoys keeping slaves.
(d) Due to the fact that it is legal under Virginia law.

2. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?
(a) William Robbins.
(b) Augustus Townsend.
(c) A cop named Paddy Smith.
(d) An immigrant named Mary Conlon.

3. Why does Travis decide he wants the cow returned to him after he has already sold it?
(a) It begins producing milk.
(b) The new owner sells it for more money than he paid for it.
(c) It gets over the illness that should have killed it.
(d) The new owner learns the cow is expecting a calf.

4. What is the major legal issue facing Sheriff Skiffington?
(a) Abolitionists.
(b) Drunks.
(c) Theft.
(d) Runaway slaves.

5. Who is Reverend Moffett having an affair with?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His sister-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the large landowners of Manchester County become unhappy with Sheriff Patterson?

2. What does Caldonia order Moses to do in the future in regard to decisions about the slaves?

3. What ailment does Robbins suffer from?

4. Who takes in Stamford to help heal his wounds after a fight with his cabin mate, Clement?

5. What did Maude do to stop her husband from doing what he wanted with his slaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the fact that Henry Townsend owns slaves?

2. Why does Stamford get into a fight with his cabin mate? What is the result of this fight?

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

4. What could Fern not break Henry of no matter how hard she worked at it?

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

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

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

8. What or who does Robbins buy from Broussard?

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

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

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