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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as a powerful local planter and senator that assembled at Oney Garrison's dining room, according to Martin in "North Carolina"?
(a) Connolly.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Fletcher.

2. Who is the man that composed almanacs that is described in "Indiana"?
(a) Benj P. Wells.
(b) Benjamin Banneker.
(c) Christian Markson.
(d) Elijah Lander.

3. Where is the pit-master Jimmy's father from?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Haiti.

4. What date is listed on the wanted poster that opens "The North"?
(a) June 17.
(b) September 12.
(c) July 4.
(d) December 23.

5. What is the name of the escaped slave on the reward notice in "Indiana"?
(a) Ajarry.
(b) Cora.
(c) Sukey.
(d) Mabel.

6. Who takes Cora on a buggy ride to an abandoned Underground Railroad station in "Indiana"?
(a) Royal.
(b) Valentine.
(c) Boseman.
(d) Mingo.

7. How does Cora respond when the red-headed man asks if she needs anything in "The North"?
(a) She takes his food.
(b) She asks where she is.
(c) She shakes her head.
(d) She says yes.

8. How many students are in the schoolroom where Cora attends classes in "Indiana"?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

9. Where did Martin go to work as a clerk at a shipping office?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Jameson.
(d) Boston.

10. Who was Moses's mother?
(a) Jane.
(b) Anna.
(c) Mary.
(d) Kate.

11. What is Mabel doing when she is killed?
(a) She is following the North Star.
(b) She is returning to the Randall plantation.
(c) She is trying to build a boat.
(d) She is running from an alligator.

12. What does Mabel eat when she makes it to the island in the swamp after fleeing the Randall plantation in "Mabel"?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Yams.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Potatoes.

13. How many men, women, and children does the narrator claim were killed in the Southampton Insurrection?
(a) 23.
(b) 55.
(c) 65.
(d) 45.

14. What is the name of the old black man that offers Cora food and says he is traveling west in "The North"?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ollie.
(c) Martin.
(d) Peter.

15. Where is Cora's schoolteacher from in "Indiana"?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) New York.
(d) Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Martin leave North Carolina for a job in a shipping office?

2. What does Ridgeway ask Homer to take out as he lay injured in "The North"?

3. What crop is most associated with the dependents of American whites on slavery?

4. What county is listed on the reward poster in "Tennessee"?

5. Who shoots Jasper in "Tennessee"?

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