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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event caused the loss of county records in Manchester County?

2. To whom does patroller Travis sell a dying cow?

3. What does Maude keep pressuring Caldonia to do in Chapter 6?

4. Who dies as his wife and teacher discuss the fate of two slaves whose owner has died?

5. Who takes in Stamford to help heal his wounds after a fight with his cabin mate, Clement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stamford get into a fight with his cabin mate? What is the result of this fight?

2. What gift are John Skiffington and his wife, Winifred, given at their wedding?

3. Who was Henry Townsend's first slave?

4. For whom does Elias carve a doll? What is significant about this doll?

5. Why does Calvin not shake the slaves' hands and what does he wish to do with his own slaves?

6. Where does Skiffington want to move and what does he plan to do with Minerva once they arrive?

7. What promise does Caldonia make to the slaves after her husband's death?

8. Who asks Fern to take Henry on as a student? Why?

9. Who does Calvin have a crush on? Why does Calvin believe this person would rebuff any suggestions of romance? Where does Calvin want to go and why?

10. Who is Luke? How does he die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Counsel Skiffington. Who is Counsel? What happens to Counsel's family? Where does Counsel go after this? Why? What happens to Counsel on his journey? What is unusual about these events? How does Counsel respond? Where does Counsel eventually settle? Why? How does Counsel perform at his new job? Is his reaction to pleas for help from the black community favorable? How does this reaction reflect Counsel's personal opinion of blacks? Why does Counsel kill his cousin?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Mildred Townsend? Why does Skiffington go to her house to look for Moses? Is Moses there? Why? What happens to Mildred during the search for Moses? Why? Is it an accident? Why is Moses taken into custody? Why is it suggested Moses be hobbled? Is he? By whom? Why? What happens to Moses when he is returned to his plantation? What does this say about Moses' character? What does it say about Celeste's character?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of blacks owning slaves. Why would a black person own slaves? What purpose did the slaves fulfill? What other options did freed slaves have other than owning slaves? Why did some freed slaves choose to own slaves? How did this give them power? How did this change their standing in the community? Were blacks allowed to buy slaves at public auctions? Why or why not? How did freed slaves obtain slaves?

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