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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 profession does Saskia's husband force her into, first in Philadelphia, and later, North Carolina?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Housekeeping.

2. What language does the leader of this group Counsel runs into in Texas speak?
(a) French.
(b) English
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

3. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?
(a) Moses, Gloria, and Clement.
(b) Moses, Elias, and Celeste.
(c) Stamford, Delphie, and Elias.
(d) Gloria and Stamford.

4. Who is Moses afraid might see him as he makes his nightly forays into the woods?
(a) Alice.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Delphie.
(d) Loretta.

5. What does Counsel Skiffington take from a nice couple who nursed him through an illness in South Carolina?
(a) A horse and buggy.
(b) A horse and food.
(c) A horse and saddle.
(d) A mule and saddle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Skiffington believe the runaways are dead and buried somewhere in the woods?

4. What does Jebediah step on that causes an infection in his foot?

5. What fate lies ahead of Jebediah when it is discovered he has forged his freedom papers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What injury results in the amputation of Jebediah's foot? How does Fern respond to this operation?

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

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

6. How does Mildred get killed?

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

8. Why does Moses force his way into Caldonia's house? What does he demand to know?

9. How does John Skiffington get killed?

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

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