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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Oludara’s initial offer of pay to Ailey?
(a) $500/week.
(b) $50/week.
(c) $500/month.
(d) $50/day.

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

4. With which of the following does Song (8) begin?
(a) “We are the earth, the land.”
(b) “Yes.”
(c) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”
(d) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year does Gideon Franklin come to what would become Georgia?

2. Which of the following does the author note her mother published?

3. Which of the following is Oludara’s scholarly rival?

4. In which of the following do Scooter’s parents live?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lydia dissuade Dante’s uncle from inserting himself into their nuptials?

2. How does Rebecca regard Ailey’s presence in their common graduate program?

3. Why does Samuel hire Holcomb as overseer?

4. How does Ailey arrive at the idea of attending graduate school?

5. Explicate the significance of the label “left-handed cabin.”

6. How is Ailey enrolled as Oludara’s research assistant?

7. What occasions the death of Samuel’s father?

8. Why does Aggie purpose to send Nick and his family into hiding?

9. To what labor is Gideon put after being transported to what would become Georgia?

10. What explanation is given in the novel for the hindered growth of many enslaved women and girls?

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