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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Whitcomb note is his favorite abolitionist?

2. Which of the following describes the voice of Lydia’s uncle, Huck?

3. Whom of the following succeeds Tut in Samuel’s kitchen?

4. What is Dante’s middle name?

5. In what month do Lydia and Dante wed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Whitcomb explain his pressing Ailey harder than other students?

2. How does Lydia avoid being placed on her college’s “Dirty Thirty” list?

3. For what reason is Lonny Maxwell dismissed from teaching?

4. What bias does Ailey note is at work among the interviewers for the Federal Writers’ Project?

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

6. How does Coco become aware of Ailey’s duplicity?

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

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

9. Why does Root note having avoided reading the Pinchard family papers?

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

(see the answer keys)

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