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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 Moses think needs to be out of the picture to clear the way for Caldonia to free him and marry him?
(a) Louis and Calvin.
(b) Elias and Celeste.
(c) Loretta and Bennett.
(d) Priscilla and Jamie.

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

3. Who takes care of Moses after he is hobbled and has fallen into a depression so deep he refuses to eat or see anyone?
(a) Caldonia.
(b) Elias.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Alice.

4. 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) Fifty dollars.
(c) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(d) Fifteen thousand dollars.

5. What ailment does John Skiffington suffer in the final chapters of the book?
(a) The flu.
(b) A headache.
(c) Small pox.
(d) A toothache.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far from the Townsend Plantation does Fern live?

3. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?

4. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?

5. How does Topps define perishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mildred get killed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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