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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 do Howell and Hiram work together in Chapter 33?

2. How long does it take Sophia and Hiram to do the laundry in Chapter 30?

3. Who does Harriet ask Hiram to write a letter to in Chapter 23?

4. What month is it in Chapter 27?

5. How long does it take to interview the passengers in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Pop Ross honestly say that he has not seen Harriet, Hiram, or any of the others?

2. Who is John Tubman?

3. In Chapter 28, what does Hiram realize about Sophia and why she ran with him?

4. What is the plan to get Lydia and the boys back in Chapter 26?

5. In Chapter 27, where does Kessiah say that her mother can go if she is freed?

6. What upsets Otha in Chapter 21?

7. In Chapter 24, why does Hiram have to reveal himself to Mary, Robert's wife?

8. What story does Sophia tell Hiram about water dancing in Chapter 32?

9. What is Conduction like for Hiram in Chapter 17?

10. Why was Lydia whipped a few days before she married Otha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting in a novel is the place or places where the novel takes place. Are the settings in the novel neutral backgrounds not important to the novel or do the settings take on the role of a character? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Most of the characters in the novel are in bondage. What are the lives of slaves like? In what way is the treatment they receive inhumane?

Essay Topic 3

Hiram is a different person after he runs from freedom. In what way does Hiram experience a metamorphosis in his life? In what way does he become a new man?

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