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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 saloon does Sam warn Caesar and Cora away from in "South Carolina"?
(a) Rick's Cafe.
(b) Jonestown Cafe.
(c) Lander's Cafe.
(d) Red's Cafe.

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

3. Why does the train conductor tell Cora he cannot take him with her when he drops her in "North Carolina"?
(a) Because the train is faulty.
(b) Because he is going back south.
(c) Because he is in maintenance.
(d) Because the patrollers are out.

4. Who in the Hob is described as "indifferent to hygeine and no inducement or threat could sway her" in "Georgia"?
(a) Titania.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Mary.
(d) Rida.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say Mary works in "Georgia"?

2. On what slave ship were the rest of Ajarry's family members taken in Ouidah?

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?

4. How old is the "negro girl" that is being sought on the reward poster in the opening of "South Carolina"?

5. Who is the station master who has given Cora the identity of Bessie Carpenter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Ridgeway's association with the Randall plantation?

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

6. What is revealed of Dr. Stevens's secret nighttime activities in "Stevens"?

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

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

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

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

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