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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does Sam stay on the farm before departing in "Indiana"?
(a) One day.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

2. What building is burned down at the farm in "Indiana"?
(a) The butcher house.
(b) The estate house.
(c) The chicken house.
(d) The library.

3. How is Mabel killed?
(a) She is bitten by a cottonmouth.
(b) She is bitten by an alligator.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She drowns in the swamp.

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

5. Ridgeway takes a detour in Tennessee because they encounter a town that is quarantined as a result of what disease?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Black plague.

6. What is the approximate age given for the escaped slave on the reward notice in "Indiana"?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 28.

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

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

9. Who left Valentine Farm because of the murder he committed?
(a) Jack.
(b) Red.
(c) Mark.
(d) Walter.

10. Where does Ridgeway tell Cora that Caesar was killed in "Tennessee"?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

11. What is the name of the farm where Cora stays in "Indiana"?
(a) Randall Farm.
(b) Fletcher Farm.
(c) Garner Farm.
(d) Valentine Farm.

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

13. On what days of the week does the town hold its festival and lynching in "North Carolina"?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Fridays.

14. What is the name of the Wells' housekeeper?
(a) Mary.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Fiona.

15. Who is the slave girl described in the wanted ad that opens "The North"?
(a) Clara.
(b) Ajarry.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Cora.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has signed the reward notice in "Indiana"?

2. Who was the stock boy at the feed store that Martin describes from his childhood in "North Carolina"?

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

4. When did the runaway escape, according to the reward poster that opens "Tennessee"?

5. What is the name of the old black man that offers Cora food and says he is traveling west in "The North"?

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