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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. Who are Henry's favorite authors?
(a) Milton and Dante.
(b) Shakespeare and Gray.
(c) Milton and Gray.
(d) Shakespeare and Austen.

2. Who is Rita?
(a) A slave who became surrogate mother to Henry Townsend after his parents bought their freedom.
(b) A slave who was killed by a slave owner attempting to cause fear in other runaway slaves.
(c) A slave who knows how to read and teaches others to read.
(d) A slave who works as personal maid to Robbins' wife.

3. What does the new sheriff organize to help crack down on runaway slaves?
(a) A hundred man military regiment.
(b) A twelve man slave patrol.
(c) A twenty man deputy roll.
(d) A fifty man militia.

4. What word does Maude use to refer to Caldonia and Calvin's slaves?
(a) Power.
(b) Shame.
(c) Legacy.
(d) Disgrace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to perform the funeral service for Henry Townsend?

2. What inspires the punishment Henry orders for Elias when he is caught attempting to run away?

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

4. What do Henry's parents often bring him on their Sunday visits to Robbins' plantation?

5. What has Fern's mother taught her about the man she should marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fern disagree with the idea that blacks owning slaves is like owning your own family?

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

3. Who was Henry Townsend's first slave?

4. 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?

5. What or who does Robbins buy from Broussard?

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

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

8. Who is Augustus Townsend?

9. Who dies in Chapter 1?

10. Where is Henry buried?

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