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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 does Sam say the patients that think they are being treated for blood ailments are really being subjected to in "South Carolina"?
(a) They are being used as part of a study on syphillis.
(b) They are being used as part of a study on yellow fever.
(c) They are being used as part of a study on cancer.
(d) They are being used as part of a study on sickle cell anemia.

2. How old is Maisie when Cora stops working for the Andersons?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.

3. How old is the "negro girl" that is being sought on the reward poster in the opening of "South Carolina"?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

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

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what road does Cora observe the hanging bodies of lynched escaped slaves in "North Carolina"?

2. How did Ajarry's second husband die?

3. For how much money was Ajarry first sold after arriving in America?

4. How long ago does the reward poster in the opening of "South Carolina" say the slave girl ran away?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arnold Ridgeway come into his profession?

2. How are the motifs of darkness and light explored in "North Carolina"?

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

4. What led to Cora becoming a "stray"? What does this term mean in the narrative?

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

6. Describe the setting of the Hob. Who lives in this location?

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

8. How does Cora come to feel about her mother as the novel progresses?

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

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

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