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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 does Moses expect Caldonia to do for him now that his family is gone and he is Caldonia's lover?
(a) To move him into the main house.
(b) To free him.
(c) To make him a paid employee.
(d) To sell him.

2. Who is Ray Topps?
(a) A local merchant.
(b) A banker.
(c) A slave owner.
(d) An insurance man.

3. How does Caldonia react to the stricken slave and Moses' part in forcing that slave to work sick?
(a) Caldonia decides to sell Moses to another plantation.
(b) Caldonia accepts Moses' excuse and forgives him.
(c) Caldonia removes Moses as overseer.
(d) Caldonia demands to be informed before Moses deals with a sick slave.

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

5. Who runs away from the Townsend Plantation under pressure from Moses?
(a) Alice, Loretta, and Bennett.
(b) Alice, Pricilla, and Jamie.
(c) Alice, Elias, and Celeste.
(d) Alice, Louis, and Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Saskia and her husband exiled from England?

2. What does Moses include in his reports to Caldonia every night?

3. Why does Caldonia begin making silent visits to the slave quarters every night?

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

5. Who does Mildred claim ignored her plea for help when she went to report her husband missing at the sheriff's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Mildred get killed?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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