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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 Skiffington believe is behind the disappearances of Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie?
(a) Moses.
(b) Elias.
(c) Travis and Oden.
(d) The slave traders.

2. What does Augustus attempt to do the moment he is bought and paid for?
(a) Kill Darcy and Stennis for their cruelties.
(b) Sue the slave patrol and the slave traders for kidnapping.
(c) Demand his freedom.
(d) Return to Virginia.

3. Who says that Moses is 'world stupid', implying that he does not know North from South?
(a) Bennett.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Elias.
(d) Jamie.

4. Who suggests to Caldonia that she buy insurance to cover her slaves?
(a) Louis.
(b) Skiffington.
(c) Robbins.
(d) Maude.

5. What information about Ramsey does Jebediah reveal to Fern that changes the climate of her marriage?
(a) That Ramsey is legally married to another woman.
(b) That Ramsey beats the slaves.
(c) That Ramsey gambled away the mortgage to their home.
(d) That Ramsey cheats on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Darcy and Stennis finally manage to sell Augustus to for fifty-three dollars?

2. Where does Counsel hope to eventually make his home?

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

4. Who claims to be sick the following day and unable to work in the fields as ordered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Mildred get killed?

6. How is Augustus killed?

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

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

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

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

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