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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What saloon does Sam warn Caesar and Cora away from in "South Carolina"?
(a) Lander's Cafe.
(b) Rick's Cafe.
(c) Jonestown Cafe.
(d) Red's Cafe.

4. 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 be saved from it."
(b) "To count the days."
(c) "To listen to your hunger."
(d) "To pray."

5. At what museum does Cora begin working in "South Carolina"?
(a) The Museum of Natural Wonders.
(b) The Museum of the Americas.
(c) The Museum of the South.
(d) The Museum of American History.

6. Where do Cora and Caesar go to talk when he comes to see her at the Hob in "Georgia"?
(a) To Ajarry's garden plot.
(b) To the estate garden.
(c) To the slave kitchen.
(d) To the old schoolhouse.

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

8. How old is the "negro girl" that is being sought on the reward poster in the opening of "South Carolina"?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

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

10. On what date is the "Thirty Dollar Reward" listed in "Georgia"?
(a) January 14, 1855.
(b) July 18, 1820.
(c) March 10, 1840.
(d) June 12, 1826.

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

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

13. For what family does Bessie work?
(a) The Fletchers.
(b) The Ridgeways.
(c) The Andersons.
(d) The Wells.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Arnold Ridgeway when he took up with the patrollers?

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?

3. Where were Ajarry and the other slaves taken upon arriving in America to be certified clear of illness?

4. How old is Maisie when Cora stops working for the Andersons?

5. On what slave ship was Ajarry taken from her homeland?

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