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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (p. 107 - 131).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acted as the pallbearers at Old Randall's funeral?
(a) Old Randall's brothers.
(b) The house slaves.
(c) The field slaves.
(d) Old Randall's sons.

2. Why does the narrator say that the captain of the slave ship that brought Ajarry from her homeland staggered the culture and disposition of the slaves he peddled?
(a) Because the buyers liked to choose from different tribes.
(b) Because different tribes had different specialties in terms of work.
(c) Because they might plot a mutiny if they shared a language.
(d) Because they liked to hear the different languages.

3. In the opening of the chapter "South Carolina," there is a reward posting. What is the amount of the reward?
(a) $25.
(b) $40.
(c) $30.
(d) $50.

4. Where did Ridgeway travel to in order to retreive the slave named Betsy in "Ridgeway"?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Trenton, New Jersey.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

5. How did Ajarry attempt to kill herself a second time on the slave ship passage?
(a) By cutting her wrists.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By drowning.
(d) By cutting her neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the saloon partner of Anorld Ridgeway's father?

2. Who is described as the head of the kitchen workers in "Georgia"?

3. Where does Cora learn the residents of Number 40 have been taken when they disappear in "South Carolina"?

4. On the reward poster in the beginning of "South Carolina," the author states, "I have been informed she is lurking in and about" what location?

5. For how much money did a representative from the Randall plantation buy Ajarry?

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