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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 is the name of the law that prohibits a man from transporting a woman across state lines?
(a) The Freedom Act.
(b) The Mann Act.
(c) The Marriage Act.
(d) The Chattel Act.

2. How does Hipps feel about Mississippi as he drives away after the auction?
(a) He is apathetic to the state as a whole.
(b) He will continue doing business there.
(c) He will never return there.
(d) He would like to move his family there.

3. What changes the judge's mind about how much money Eck owes Tull for his damages?
(a) The fact that Hipps has split town.
(b) The fact that Eck has no assets.
(c) The fact that the horse was free.
(d) The fact that Tull does not blame Eck for the damages.

4. To whose home is Henry taken to recover from his injuries, due to the wild horses?
(a) Flem Snopes'.
(b) Doctor Varner's.
(c) Mrs. Littlejohn's.
(d) Eck Snopes'.

5. How many people were killed during the fat convict's spree of crime?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Henry have to his name at the time he purchases his horse?

2. Who is Hipps' partner in moving the horses to Mississippi?

3. In which case does the judge cite an obscure law in which, "the ownership of a commodity is not transferred unless there is the exchange of some money"?

4. What was the fat convict convicted of stealing?

5. What does Mrs. Littlejohn hit the wild horse over the head with, sending it running back into the streets?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Armstid described when she enters the courtroom to plead her case to the judge?

2. What is the first thing the convict does when he is aboard the Red Cross steamboat?

3. What happens when the boat overturns that the tall and fat convicts are paddling down the river?

4. How many of the wild horses escape from the corral at the end of the auction, and what is the farmer's reaction to this number?

5. Why is Tull outraged with the decision about his case in the courtroom?

6. In addition to the case brought up against Snopes, what other charges were pressed in the Mississippi town after the wild horse stampede?

7. What story does the tall convict tell the fat convict about his intentions while away from prison?

8. Why does Snopes end up with five dollars in his hand at the end of the auction?

9. What are Eck's expectations when he enters the court on the day of his trial?

10. What is Ratcliff's reaction to Hipps' arrival in Mississippi?

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