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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 does Mildred claim ignored her plea for help when she went to report her husband missing at the sheriff's office?
(a) Counsel.
(b) Barnum.
(c) Skiffington.
(d) Travis.

2. What does Moses include in his reports to Caldonia every night?
(a) Stories of how the slaves are building a rebellion against her.
(b) Stories of how Henry built the house for her.
(c) Stories of how he would treat her if she were his wife.
(d) Stories of how Henry spoke fondly of her all through their marriage.

3. Why does Caldonia begin making silent visits to the slave quarters every night?
(a) To possibly prevent any more runaways.
(b) To check on the health of slaves who have recently given birth.
(c) To keep her loneliness and grief at bay.
(d) To make sure Moses is treating the slaves properly.

4. Who is Saskia Wilhelm?
(a) An immigrant from Lyberia.
(b) An immigrant from the Netherlands.
(c) An immigrant from England.
(d) An immigrant from Ireland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was a white woman hanged in Bristol in front of more than three hundred people?

2. How long does Jebediah camp outside Fern's house before the slave patrol finally arrests him?

3. 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?

4. Who does Moses think needs to be out of the picture to clear the way for Caldonia to free him and marry him?

5. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does a man named Hiram Jenkins want to kill Counsel after offering him shelter and food the night before?

2. How does John Skiffington get killed?

3. Who buys Jebediah Dickinson upon learning that he is not free, but is a slave owned by a cruel pastor?

4. What object will Tessie, Elias' daughter, ask her children and grandchildren to find for her on her death bed?

5. How is Augustus killed?

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

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

8. Who does Caldonia put in charge of the slaves after Moses runs away?

9. Who is pressuring Skiffington to find Caldonia's missing slaves and what temptation is adding to Skiffington's stress?

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

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