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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cora's mother?
(a) Mary.
(b) Ajarry.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Ethel.

2. How long ago does the reward poster in the opening of "South Carolina" say the slave girl ran away?
(a) Nine months ago.
(b) Two months ago.
(c) Six months ago.
(d) One month ago.

3. Who is the teacher that teaches Cora and others to read and write in "South Carolina"?
(a) Miss Handler.
(b) Miss Lucy.
(c) Miss Sarah.
(d) Miss Stevens.

4. From what stock does Mary descend?
(a) Denkyira.
(b) Akan.
(c) Ashanti.
(d) Kumasi.

5. At what port was Ajarry held in a dungeon while the slave ships arrived?
(a) Cacheu.
(b) Ouidah.
(c) Dakar.
(d) Sherbro.

6. 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.

7. What building does the staton master tell Cora and Caesar to use as a landmark in "South Carolina"?
(a) The Marcine Building.
(b) The Tater Building.
(c) The Griffin Building.
(d) The Chrystler Building.

8. What is Dr. Stevens's first name?
(a) Andrew.
(b) James.
(c) Aloysius.
(d) Robert.

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

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

11. How did Ajarry die?
(a) From yellow fever.
(b) From a brain aneurysm.
(c) From cholera.
(d) From being lynched.

12. Who follows Cora and Caesar when they make their escape from the plantation?
(a) Lovey.
(b) Ridgeway.
(c) Ajarry.
(d) Ethel.

13. Who is the woman that Cora saw screaming in the street on the night of the social?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Ajarry.

14. For how long does the narrator say the station master and his wife have been married in "North Carolina"?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 19 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 22 years.

15. Who is the curator of the museum where Cora goes to work in "South Carolina"?
(a) Mr. Fields.
(b) Mr. Wells.
(c) Mr. Hicks.
(d) Mr. Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who answers the door to find Caesar when he visits the Hob to talk to Cora in "Georgia"?

3. Who was Caesar's kindly Northern owner that taught him to read?

4. Where did Ridgeway travel to in order to retreive the slave named Betsy in "Ridgeway"?

5. What is the name of the station master's daughter who visits him while Cora hides in the attic in "North Carolina"?

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