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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Landry get beaten so often?
(a) He talks back all the time.
(b) The overseer chooses him to take the beatings for the slaves who escaped.
(c) He never does all his work.
(d) As revenge for his father running away.

2. Who saves George from being hit by a racist man in Chapter 10?
(a) Caleb.
(b) August.
(c) One of Mildred's sons.
(d) Prentiss.

3. What happens to Landry's and Prentiss's mother?
(a) She marries and moves away.
(b) She does of an illness.
(c) She is sold.
(d) She is killed.

4. What do the Walkers have for dinner the night Caleb comes home?
(a) Pork.
(b) A hen.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Beef.

5. Who does Isabelle eat with after she storms out of the party in Chapter 9?
(a) Caleb, George, Prentiss, and Landry.
(b) John and Henry.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Helen and Jane.

6. What has George waited to tell his wife?
(a) That their son is dead.
(b) That he is sick.
(c) That they are losing the house.
(d) That the mule died.

7. What is George's wife holding when she tells him their son has died?
(a) An egg.
(b) A plate.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A tissue.

8. Who is one of the first visitors to the Walker's house after news of Caleb's death?
(a) Fred.
(b) Henry.
(c) Mildred.
(d) James.

9. What does Landry see at the pond?
(a) A rare bird.
(b) Caleb and August having sex.
(c) A bear.
(d) A chicken.

10. Who tells George of his son's death?
(a) August.
(b) Ryan.
(c) Henry.
(d) Michael.

11. Who barely speaks in Chapter 1?
(a) Helen.
(b) Landry.
(c) George.
(d) Prentiss.

12. Why do Landry and Prentiss come to the Walker house in Chapter 6?
(a) George mentioned stew and Landry wanted some.
(b) They need more socks.
(c) They need protection from the police.
(d) They are lost.

13. What does General Glass ask George to do?
(a) Loan him money.
(b) Join a new council.
(c) Keep his secret.
(d) Cook for him.

14. What is Caleb worried about after Ted leaves?
(a) He will kill himself.
(b) He will set a fire to their land.
(c) He will come back.
(d) He will call the police.

15. Who is the overseer at Ted Morton's farm?
(a) Henry Jones.
(b) Ted Hinton.
(c) Richard Smith.
(d) Gail Cooley.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why does George ask Prentiss and Landry to leave?

2. Who is Isabelle's brother?

3. Why does Caleb join the army in the first place?

4. What did Prentiss's and Landry's mother used to do after Landry's beatings?

5. Who is George's donkey?

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