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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. How long has it been since Nathaniel called for Sophia in Chapter 31?

2. When Hiram cannot sleep and goes to the garden of the inn, who does he see in Chapter 22?

3. How did Bland die in Chapter 21?

4. In Chapter 29, what do Hiram and his father sit and drink in the evenings?

5. In Chapter 29, what does Hiram give Carrie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is John Tubman?

2. What does Hiram find in Freetown in Chapter 27?

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

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

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

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

7. At the beginning of Chapter 28, what is Hiram feeling as he rides out to Lockless?

8. When does Howell Walker die, and what happens after his death?

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

10. In Chapter 33, what does Hiram find in his father's study?

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

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 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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