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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the "negro girl" who is described in the notice that opens "North Carolina"?
(a) Martha.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Mabel.

3. What does Cora name the brown mutt that she watches from the attic of the station master's house in "North Carolina"?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Socks.
(d) Jack.

4. Where does Cora learn the residents of Number 40 have been taken when they disappear in "South Carolina"?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To their former masters.
(c) To a new dorm.
(d) To the fields.

5. What are the actors such as Cora referred to by the curator of the museum in "South Carolina"?
(a) "Mimes."
(b) "Performers."
(c) "Types."
(d) "Talent."

6. Where does the narrator say Mary works in "Georgia"?
(a) The chicken house.
(b) The estate kitchen.
(c) The milk house.
(d) The library.

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

8. On what slave ship were the rest of Ajarry's family members taken in Ouidah?
(a) The Eagle.
(b) The Pelican.
(c) The Vivilia.
(d) The Nanny.

9. What is the date of the wanted notice that opens "North Carolina"?
(a) August 28, 1839.
(b) July 18, 1820.
(c) January 5, 1812.
(d) September 12, 1826.

10. What is the third room where Cora works at the museum in "South Carolina"?
(a) "The Falling and the Fleeing."
(b) "Typical Day on the Plantation."
(c) "Life on the Slave Ship."
(d) "Scenes from Darkest Africa."

11. Approximately how old is the "negro girl" that is described in the notice that opens "North Carolina"?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

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

13. Where is Bessie Carpenter supposed to be from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

14. How old is Maisie when Cora stops working for the Andersons?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

15. What does the doctor say led to James's death in "Georgia"?
(a) Brain aneurysm.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Kidney failure.
(d) Heart failure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Ajarry marry?

2. Who is the teacher that teaches Cora and others to read and write in "South Carolina"?

3. What does Sam say the patients that think they are being treated for blood ailments are really being subjected to in "South Carolina"?

4. What is Dr. Stevens's first name?

5. Where was Ajarry's first husband sold to a sugar plantation?

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