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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 does Frazier's interviewee claim made slavery okay?
(a) It was a way of life, the only way most people knew.
(b) The President said it was.
(c) The politicians said it was.
(d) Both the law and Bible sanctioned it.

2. What has Fern's mother taught her about the man she should marry?
(a) Not to marry a man with more money than her.
(b) Not to marry a man with less money than her.
(c) Not to marry a man with lighter skin than her own.
(d) Not to marry a man with darker skin than her own.

3. Who stops Augustus as he makes his way home after delivery furniture to a client?
(a) Peoples, Kinsey, and Elias.
(b) Travis, Skiffington, and Robbins.
(c) Skiffington, Robbins, and Thomas.
(d) Travis, Peoples, and Kinsey.

4. Who is Moses?
(a) Farmer in Virginia.
(b) Son of a plantation owner in Virginia.
(c) Overseer of slaves on a Virginia plantation.
(d) Slave owner on a Virginia plantation.

5. For whom does John Skiffington work?
(a) Henry Townsend.
(b) The people of Manchester County.
(c) William Robbins.
(d) Sheriff Gilly Patterson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment did Henry hire Oden Peoples to carry out against Elias for attempting to run away?

2. Why do people believe Alice wanders at night?

3. On what occasion does Rita attempt to escape?

4. What type of writing does Anderson Frazier do?

5. What ailment does Robbins suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who dies in Chapter 1?

2. Before Henry is freed, who does he go with Robbins to Richmond to track down and return to Manchester County?

3. Who was Henry Townsend's first slave?

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

5. What or who does Robbins buy from Broussard?

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

7. Why does Clara Martin suddenly become convinced that her slave, Ralph, wants to kill her?

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

9. Why does Calvin not shake the slaves' hands and what does he wish to do with his own slaves?

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

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