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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 fate lies ahead of Jebediah when it is discovered he has forged his freedom papers?

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

3. Who suggests that Moses be hobbled for running away?

4. Who performs the procedure to hobble Moses?

5. Who does Caldonia marry three years after her husband's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mildred get killed?

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

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

5. Why does a man named Hiram Jenkins want to kill Counsel after offering him shelter and food the night before?

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

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

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

9. Why does Skiffington go to Mildred's house looking for Moses.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Moses. Who is Moses? Why does Moses resent his owner? How is this reflected in Moses' behavior? When Moses is made overseer, how does he treat the other slaves? Why? Why does Moses make Celeste work in the fields even though she is sick and tired with her pregnancy? What is the result? How does Moses feel about this?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following themes from the novel:

1) Friendship

2) Slavery

3) Freed Slaves Owning Slaves

4) Extramarital Affairs

Essay Topic 3

Discuss William Robbins' affair with a black woman. Why does Robbins have this affair? Why does Robbins hide this mistress off of his plantation? Why does he father children with her? How does Robbins care for the children? Why does the mistress twice try to run away? Where does she go? How does Robbins find her? How does Robbins feel about his mistress? Why does he beat her, leaving her disfigured?

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