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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 168 - 221).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What particular aquatic creature is a favorite of Washington's from the volumes he reads in Chapter 10?
(a) The nudibranch.
(b) The electric eel.
(c) The crab.
(d) The octopus.

2. Why does Washington at first mistake Tanna for a man?
(a) She has a muscular frame.
(b) She has a very deep voice.
(c) She is wearing trousers and he sees her at a distance.
(d) She has taken much care to disguise herself as a man.

3. Who does Washington see in cages in the town where he and Titch pick up their visitor in Chapter 8?
(a) Runaway slaves.
(b) Cats.
(c) Priests.
(d) Dogs.

4. Why does Washington feel so wretched when he sees Big Kit in the big house again in Chapter 10?
(a) Big Kit seems to have taken another young slave boy under her wing, and Washington is jealous.
(b) Big Kit has lost an eye and seems to be at death's door.
(c) Big Kit shouts at him and tells him never to speak to her again.
(d) Big Kit is pregnant and looks very ill.

5. Why is Washington overcome with anxiety in Part III, Chapter 5?
(a) Medwin tells him Erasmus has come looking for him.
(b) He thinks he sees Edgar Farrow.
(c) Medwin tells him a white man has been around asking about him.
(d) He thinks he sees Titch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only slave that speaks to Washington during the labor they do for Titch in Chapter 8?

2. How many slaves does Titch initially ask Erasmus for in Chapter 8?

3. What does Titch ask Washington to do when he first meets him in Chapter 4?

4. Who is the new master at Faith Plantation who arrives in Chapter 1?

5. How does the friend Titch seeks out in Part II, Chapter 3 know his family?

(see the answer key)

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