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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consumes Lizzie's thoughts as they prepare to leave the resort?
(a) Killing Drayle.
(b) Escaping.
(c) Her unborn child.
(d) Sweet.

2. How does Fran react when Lizzie tells her that she has drunk a special tea to abort a baby?
(a) She cries.
(b) She doesn't say anything.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She threatens to slap Lizzie.

3. What does Lizzie do in hopes of terminating her pregnancy?
(a) Throws herself down a flight of stairs.
(b) Drinks a special tea.
(c) Falls into a ravine.
(d) Goes horseback riding.

4. How old is Nate this Summer?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 17.

5. What does Fran want to do about Nate and Rabbit?
(a) Put them to work.
(b) Move them in with Big Mama.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Give them their freedom.

6. What does Lizzie want to do before they leave the resort?
(a) Have a picnic.
(b) See Mawu.
(c) Swim in the river.
(d) Visit a doctor.

7. What does Lizzie learn about what happens to Mawu?
(a) She gets to Canada.
(b) She makes her way to New York.
(c) She buys her freedom.
(d) She is caught.

8. Why does Lizzie not trust the porter on the train?
(a) He has snatched her purse from her.
(b) He has turned in runaway slaves for the money.
(c) He gropes her at every opportunity.
(d) He whispers with other white men.

9. What does Lizzie notice right away when she sees Glory?
(a) She is missing a finger.
(b) She is limping.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has a broken arm.

10. At the resort, Lizzie has dreams about what?
(a) Killing Drayle.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Having more babies.

11. Mawu feeds Sweet pieces of __________________ dipped in water.
(a) Fruit.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Candy.

12. What favor does Lizzie ask of Drayle?
(a) That he free her.
(b) That he sell her to the barber.
(c) That he free Philip.
(d) That he let her marry Philip.

13. Who does Drayle want to send to the institution in #174?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) Nate.
(c) Fran.
(d) Rabbit.

14. How is Sweet buried?
(a) Her body is cremated.
(b) Her body is placed in a pine casket.
(c) Her body is placed in the river.
(d) Her body is placed directly in the ground.

15. What does a black child place on the barbecue fire?
(a) A fish.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A can of beans.
(d) Some peaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Mawu not traveled on to Canada?

2. What does Glory deliver to the resort?

3. What does Lizzie read to the slaves at night?

4. In what state does Sweet live with her master?

5. Who does Mawu credit for Philip's good luck in being sold to the barber?

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