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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Arnold Ridgeway when he took up with the patrollers?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

3. Who invited Stevens to begin grave-robbing with him?
(a) Royal.
(b) Fletcher.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Lovey.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what museum does Cora begin working in "South Carolina"?

3. Where did Ridgeway travel to in order to retreive the slave named Betsy in "Ridgeway"?

4. What is the name of the "negro girl" who is described in the notice that opens "North Carolina"?

5. Who has signed the runaway notice that opens "North Carolina"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cora find when she arrives at the next station in "North Carolina"?

2. How is Cora's experience at the new hospital in South Carolina described?

3. Who is Martin Wells and how is his character described?

4. What are the implications of James Randall's death?

5. Who is Mr. Lumbly and how is his home described?

6. Why does Sam suggest that Cora and Caesar need to get back on the train going north in "South Carolina"?

7. What is Ajarry's relationship with the protagonist? How is her character described in the novel?

8. What happens to Lovey during the escape from the Randall plantation?

9. How are Cora and Caesar greeted when they arrive in South Carolina?

10. Who is Bessie and how is she described in "South Carolina"?

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