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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Edwin Cox take his help in Chapter 3?

2. What day of the week was Hiram's mother taken and sold?

3. How long did Hank Powers cry when his daughter was born?

4. In Chapter 9, where do Ryland's Hounds chain Hiram and Sophia?

5. In Chapter 3, how old was Howell Walker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What and who rescue Hiram at the end of Chapter 11?

2. What advice did Thena give Hiram when he was sent to live in the big house?

3. In Chapter 7, what becomes Hiram's job and why?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Hiram see when he wakes?

5. Where did Sophia live before Lockless and what did she have there?

6. In Chapter 13, what is the sub-basement like where Hiram studies?

7. At the races in Chapter 4, where was Maynard's place and why was it humilitating?

8. What does Hiram realize that his father believes about what happened when he and Maynard fell in the river?

9. What did Hiram see and hear at the end of Chapter 4 when he neared the river Goose?

10. In Chapter 1, why did Hiram avoid a stone bridge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plantation owners have the power of life and death over their slaves. How do plantation owners abuse the power that they have over their slaves?

Essay Topic 2

Corrine asks Hiram to return to Virginia. Does Hiram have a choice? What do others tell him about the decision he has to make? How does he consider that advice? Why does he decide to return?

Essay Topic 3

Lydia faces difficulties head-on in the novel; Robert tries to run from them. What difficulties do Lydia and Robert face in the novel? How do they handle these difficulties? What is revealed about handling difficulties from the way that they handle the problems they face?

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