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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. How much does Caldonia estimate Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie are worth based on the books Henry kept in regard to the slaves?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Fifteen hundred dollars.

2. Who does Robbins charge with finding Caldonia's lost slaves after admitting he has lost faith in John Skiffington as sheriff?
(a) Counsel.
(b) Moses.
(c) Calvin.
(d) Louis.

3. Who does Caldonia marry three years after her husband's death?
(a) Louis.
(b) Counsel Skiffington.
(c) Moses.
(d) William Robbins.

4. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?
(a) For admitting the cadavers speak to him.
(b) For killing patients with drug overdoses.
(c) For abusing the nurses.
(d) For failing his mid-term exams.

5. What is the name on the wall hanging that Calvin sees in Washington D.C., causing him to write an excited letter to his sister, Caldonia?
(a) Minerva Skiffington.
(b) Alice Night..
(c) Patience Robbins.
(d) Henry Townsend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state are the slave traders who bought free man Augustus Townsend heading to?

2. What information about Ramsey does Jebediah reveal to Fern that changes the climate of her marriage?

3. What profession does Saskia's husband force her into, first in Philadelphia, and later, North Carolina?

4. How does the comment that Moses is 'world stupid' give John Skiffington a new place to search for Moses?

5. Who says that Moses is 'world stupid', implying that he does not know North from South?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Skiffington get killed?

2. Why does Mildred not immediately report her husband missing when he does not return home from a business trip?

3. As Skiffington begins to investigate the disappearance of Moses' family and Alice, what does he begin to suspect?

4. What does Counsel find in Mildred's house?

5. Why does Moses force Celeste to work in the fields even though she claims to be sick?

6. Who comes to Manchester County and takes a job as a deputy with the sheriff's office? Why?

7. Why does Skiffington go to Mildred's house looking for Moses.

8. Why does Saskia Wilhelm's husband force her into prostitution? Where does Saskia end up?

9. Why does Moses encourages Alice, his wife, and son to run away?

10. Who does Fern meet on the road as she returns home from consoling Caldonia over her loss for the past five weeks?

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