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

2. How did Ajarry die?
(a) From cholera.
(b) From yellow fever.
(c) From being lynched.
(d) From a brain aneurysm.

3. What procedure does the doctor at the new hospital suggest to Cora in "South Carolina"?
(a) Sterilization.
(b) Appendectomy.
(c) Hysterectomy.
(d) Lobotomy.

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

5. Where do Cora and Caesar go to talk when he comes to see her at the Hob in "Georgia"?
(a) To the estate garden.
(b) To Ajarry's garden plot.
(c) To the old schoolhouse.
(d) To the slave kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the doctor that Cora sees when she first visits the new hospital in "South Carolina"?

2. What inhabitant of the Hob does not speak because her tongue was cut out by the previous owner in "Georgia"?

3. Who has signed the reward poster that opens "South Carolina"?

4. What is the first room where Cora works at the museum in "South Carolina"?

5. On the reward poster in the beginning of "South Carolina," the author states, "I have been informed she is lurking in and about" what location?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Cora goes to the train station in the end of "South Carolina"?

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

5. What led to the beating that Cora received from Terrance?

6. How does Cora manage to reach Sam when she learns she is close to being caught in "South Carolina"? What does Sam tell her?

7. How is the "Underground Railroad" itself presented in the novel?

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

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

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

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