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

2. Why is Wilson Calhenny kicked out of medical school?
(a) For abusing the nurses.
(b) For admitting the cadavers speak to him.
(c) For killing patients with drug overdoses.
(d) For failing his mid-term exams.

3. Whose birth does Moses claim to have been present at, even though the reader knows Moses was not in Manchester County until many years later?
(a) Henry's.
(b) Alice's.
(c) Louis'.
(d) Caldonia's.

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

5. What does Counsel Skiffington find inside the home while he is searching for Moses?
(a) Five silver rings.
(b) Five twenty dollar gold pieces.
(c) Five twenty dollar bills.
(d) Five gold bowls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses?

2. Who suggests to Caldonia that she buy insurance to cover her slaves?

3. Who falls in love with Saskia, making life infinitely easier for Counsel Skiffington?

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

5. Who does Skiffington believe is behind the disappearances of Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Augustus killed?

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

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

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

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

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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