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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which of the following does Song (6) begin?
(a) “We are the earth, the land.”
(b) “Even in a place of sorrow, time passes.”
(c) “When Aidan Franklin settled his second wife and his many children in the cabin…”
(d) “Yes.”

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

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

5. What is Dante’s middle name?
(a) Cyrus.
(b) Julius.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Philip.

6. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of VII?
(a) “Of the Sorrow Songs.”
(b) “The Study of the Negro Problems.”
(c) “Black Africa Tomorrow.”
(d) “Liberia, the League, and the United States.”

7. Which of the following theorists does Samuel read?
(a) Georg Hegel.
(b) Immanuel Kant.
(c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(d) René Descartes.

8. On which Atlanta road did Lydia live with Dante?
(a) Mt. Gilead.
(b) Dodson.
(c) Campbellton.
(d) Harbon.

9. Which of the following is cultivated on Ezekiel’s plantation?
(a) Barley.
(b) Rice.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Corn.

10. What is the title of the public lecture Ailey is obliged to attend?
(a) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Mississippi.”
(b) “Repercussions of the Cotton Gin in North Carolina.”
(c) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Alabama.”
(d) “Race Relations during the Peach Tree Plague in Georgia.”

11. In what month do Lydia and Dante wed?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) August.

12. Which of the following does Whitcomb note is his favorite abolitionist?
(a) Susannah Cullen.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Ignatius Sancho.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

13. Whom of the following is assigned to chaperone Gloria?
(a) Cathy.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Susan.
(d) Janet.

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

15. Which of the following describes the voice of Lydia’s husband, Dante?
(a) Baritone.
(b) Bass.
(c) Tenor.
(d) Contrabass.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which tribe does Holcomb hail?

2. For what county does Jeremiah work as a slave patroller?

3. In which month does Ailey make her classroom presentation for Whitcomb?

4. Whom of the following is Ailey’s neighbor in North Carolina?

5. Which of the following epithets is accorded Andrew Jackson?

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