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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hippomenes do to win the race and marry Atalanta?
(a) Distract her with golden apples.
(b) Divert the racecourse.
(c) Set a trap and capture her.
(d) Tie her down with golden thread.

2. Where was Josie when DuBois returned to the town of his first teaching assignment?
(a) She was living in town.
(b) She was still in the same house.
(c) She had died.
(d) She had moved to the city.

3. How many bales of cotton went to London from the Black Belt by 1860?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Daily.

5. Who was the founder of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Cameron.
(b) Pierce.
(c) Eaton.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pall hangs over the land of West Dougherty County?

2. What state is the Black Belt in?

3. What was Halleck’s position on runaway slaves?

4. What is the dominant crop in the land DuBois describes?

5. The Black Belt is described as the ______ of the Confederacy.

(see the answer key)

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