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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which of the following prizes and awards had Whitcomb been a finalist?
(a) Nobel.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Booker.
(d) Pulitzer.

2. Which of the following is Oludara’s scholarly rival?
(a) Roll Nyambe.
(b) Hee Diallo.
(c) Pitch Torongo.
(d) Yaw Abeeku.

3. To which of the following societies was Jeffers elected a member?
(a) American Antiquarian Society.
(b) American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(c) African-American Scholars’ Union.
(d) Modern Language Association.

4. In what county do Lydia and Dante wed?
(a) Floyd.
(b) Forsyth.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Fulton.

5. Which of the following classes does Whitcomb teach?
(a) The Peculiar Institution in the Archives.
(b) The Peculiar Institution in US History.
(c) Introduction to Graduate Work in the Archives.
(d) Introduction to Graduate Work in US History.

6. What is the listed purchase price for Agayuh?
(a) $500.
(b) $400.
(c) $550.
(d) $450.

7. For what county does Jeremiah work as a slave patroller?
(a) Forsyth.
(b) Putnam.
(c) Fulton.
(d) Poth.

8. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of XI?
(a) “The Individual and Social Conscience.”
(b) “The Niagara Movement Address.”
(c) “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”
(d) “Evolution of the Negro.”

9. At which of the following does Ailey pursue a graduate degree?
(a) North Carolina Regents University.
(b) Campbell University.
(c) University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
(d) Duke University.

10. Whom of the following signs the Second Treaty of Indian Springs in the novel?
(a) Henry MacAvoy.
(b) Charles O’Brien.
(c) William McIntosh.
(d) James McTavish.

11. Whom of the following kills Dante?
(a) Matthias.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Lucas.

12. Which of the following conflicts sees the Creek divided among themselves?
(a) The Boer War.
(b) The Red Stick War.
(c) The Mexican-American War.
(d) The War of 1812.

13. In which month does Ailey make her classroom presentation for Whitcomb?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) September.

14. For what crime is Gideon transported to what would become Georgia?
(a) Murder.
(b) Slander.
(c) Poaching.
(d) Embezzlement.

15. With whom of the following does Samuel trade in flesh?
(a) Lincoln Cobblepot.
(b) Benedict Penobscot.
(c) Lancaster Polcott.
(d) Bartholomew Applecot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the archive librarian at Ailey’s graduate school?

2. Which of the following does Lydia note preferring?

3. Which of the following is cultivated on Ezekiel’s plantation?

4. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of IX?

5. By which of the following is Lydia made pregnant?

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