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

2. What is the name on the wall hanging that Calvin sees in Washington D.C., causing him to write an excited letter to his sister, Caldonia?

3. Who has John Skiffington begun to lust after even as he begins to see his career falling apart?

4. What does Augustus attempt to do the moment he is bought and paid for?

5. Who disappears from Caldonia's plantation in the days after Alice, Priscilla, and Jamie leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caldonia buy for her slaves that she earlier rejected but now sees as an asset.

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Moses encourages Alice, his wife, and son to run away?

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

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

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

10. How does John Skiffington get killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Augustus stopped on the road as he travels home after selling some furniture? Who stops him? What do they ask to see? What do they do with this item? Why? Who comes across this scene? What do these people offer the newcomers? Why is Augustus sold into slavery? Is there a law against this? What is the law? How might it help Augustus? Why does this law not help Augustus at this point?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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