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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (p. 132 - 160).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam say the patients that think they are being treated for blood ailments are really being subjected to in "South Carolina"?
(a) They are being used as part of a study on yellow fever.
(b) They are being used as part of a study on cancer.
(c) They are being used as part of a study on syphillis.
(d) They are being used as part of a study on sickle cell anemia.

2. From where were the slave traders that purchased the rest of Ajarry's family in Ouidah?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

3. What procedure does the doctor at the new hospital suggest to Cora in "South Carolina"?
(a) Appendectomy.
(b) Hysterectomy.
(c) Lobotomy.
(d) Sterilization.

4. On what slave ship was Ajarry taken from her homeland?
(a) The Nanny.
(b) The Americana.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Pelican.

5. In a line from "North Carolina," the narrator says, "The only way to know how long you are lost in the darkness is" what?
(a) "To pray."
(b) "To count the days."
(c) "To be saved from it."
(d) "To listen to your hunger."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the station master who has given Cora the identity of Bessie Carpenter?

2. About how old was Cora when her mother disappeared?

3. Who is the woman that Cora saw screaming in the street on the night of the social?

4. In the notice printed in the beginning of "North Carolina," where did the runaway disappear from?

5. What is the date on the reward poster that opens "South Carolina"?

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