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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 claims that Jebediah forged his freedom papers?
(a) His owner, Rev. Wilbur Mann.
(b) Oden Peoples.
(c) Sheriff Skiffington.
(d) Ramsey.

2. What does Jebediah step on that causes an infection in his foot?
(a) A nail.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A mesquite thorn.
(d) A rattle snake.

3. What plantation does Saskia come to live on?
(a) Townsend's Plantation.
(b) Robbins' Plantation.
(c) A Child's Dream.
(d) Tara.

4. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?
(a) Barnum.
(b) Counsel.
(c) Travis.
(d) Oden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes Fern and her husband continue to owe four hundred and fifty dollars?

2. Who arrives in Manchester County, causing John Skiffington to think of Rip Van Winkle?

3. Who is Moses afraid might see him as he makes his nightly forays into the woods?

4. Why does Skiffington fight his lust for this other woman in his life?

5. How does Topps define perishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Counsel burn his own plantation house down in Chapter 7?

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

5. What happens to Celeste that causes many of the slaves and Caldonia to begin questioning their faith in Moses?

6. How is Augustus killed?

7. How does John Skiffington get killed?

8. What disease does Saskia Wilhelm contract that she exposes all the people on Counsel's plantation to?

9. Why is Jebediah Dickinson arrested? What lie is revealed upon this arrest?

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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