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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 does Moses include in his reports to Caldonia every night?

2. What does Counsel Skiffington find inside the home while he is searching for Moses?

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

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

5. What is Skiffington concerned about in light of the number of missing slaves from Caldonia's plantation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Augustus killed?

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

3. How does John Skiffington get killed?

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

5. Who buys Jebediah Dickinson upon learning that he is not free, but is a slave owned by a cruel pastor?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss morality. What is morality? Are moral issues black and white? Should people own slaves? Should only whites own slaves? Should only black own slaves? Does it make more sense, morally, for a black to own a slave? Why or why not? Should slaves supervise and punish one another? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss one of the following, citing references from the book:

1) Religious morality versus extramarital affairs.

2) The morality of the slaves versus the morality of the slave owners.

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