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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. What is Dr. Stevens's first name?
(a) Aloysius.
(b) James.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Robert.

2. What is the date on the reward poster that opens "South Carolina"?
(a) September 2, 1826.
(b) July 18, 1820.
(c) March 17, 1845.
(d) January 5, 1812.

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

4. In the notice printed in the beginning of "North Carolina," where did the runaway disappear from?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Henderson.

5. Where was Ajarry's first husband sold to a sugar plantation?
(a) In Florida.
(b) In Louisiana.
(c) In North Carolina.
(d) In South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ward of the dormitory is relegated to those with "nervous disorders" in "South Carolina"?

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

3. How many times did Ajarry marry?

4. How did Ajarry die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the two white people that prepared Caesar to run? How did they prepare him?

2. What is Cora's job at the Museum of Natural Wonders?

3. Discuss the narrative style of the novel. From what point of view is the narrative related? What effects does this narrative style have?

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

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

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

7. What do Cora and Caesar discuss when they first meet at the social in "South Carolina"?

8. What resentments does Cora come to form about her work at the Museum of Natural Wonders?

9. How does Cora manage to escape the train station in the beginning of "North Carolina"?

10. What does Ajarry's garden plot mean to Cora?

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