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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 the slave, Stamford, insist on only consorting with young women rather than women his own age?
(a) He believes only the young ones can keep up with his stamina.
(b) He believes only the young ones understand his needs.
(c) He believes only the young ones can excite his desires.
(d) He believes the young ones will help make being a slave easier to stand.

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

3. What place does Calvin dream of going to, in hopes that his passions will be reciprocated?
(a) Paris.
(b) Chicago.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

4. How is Luke killed?
(a) Luke dies from being overworked by a neighboring farmer.
(b) Luke is trampled by a couple of horses.
(c) Luke is hit by lightening.
(d) Luke is beaten to death by a slave patroller for being out after dark.

5. What does Robbins want to see happen to help support the sheriff's actions?
(a) An increase in the number of deputies.
(b) A militia formed.
(c) A slave patrol organized.
(d) A military regime brought in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Augustus buy from his former owner, William Robbins?

2. What is unusual about the fact that Henry Townsend owns slaves?

3. Where do Augustus and Mildred stay when they are visiting their son's plantation?

4. Why does Robbins chase down Philamena himself when she runs away to Richmond a second time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What promise does Caldonia make to the slaves after her husband's death?

3. What is the 'Rita-thing'?

4. Who becomes sheriff after Patterson is pushed out of office?

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

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

7. Who was Henry Townsend's first slave?

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

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

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

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