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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the owner of the saloon the Drift?
(a) Mark.
(b) Jack.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Caleb.

2. Where were Ajarry and the other slaves taken upon arriving in America to be certified clear of illness?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Sullivan's Island.
(d) Anderson Island.

3. Who is the boy that Cora received a beating for protecting from Terrance?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Chester.
(c) Lovey.
(d) Sam.

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

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

6. 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?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Edenton.
(d) Memphis.

7. What were the name of Old Randall's mastiffs?
(a) Newton and Einstein.
(b) Aristotle and Jackson.
(c) Plato and Demosthenes.
(d) Ruffles and Doggo.

8. Who in the Hob is described as "indifferent to hygeine and no inducement or threat could sway her" in "Georgia"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Rida.
(c) Ethel.
(d) Titania.

9. Who is the station master who has given Cora the identity of Bessie Carpenter?
(a) Royal.
(b) Mr. Lumbly.
(c) Sam.
(d) Martin.

10. What ward of the dormitory is relegated to those with "nervous disorders" in "South Carolina"?
(a) Number 13.
(b) Number 20.
(c) Number 60.
(d) Number 40.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Ajarry give birth to?

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

3. Who was the tobacco hand that told Cora the door to the roof of the Griffin Building remained unlocked in "South Carolina"?

4. Who is the slave that comes up to Cora and suggests they run away together in "Georgia"?

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?

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