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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the clock in the parlor chime a short song?
(a) At midnight and noon.
(b) Every 15 minutes.
(c) Every hour.
(d) Every 30 minutes.

2. What color hair does the Anderson plantation overseer have?
(a) Dark.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

3. In Chapter 8, who gets blamed for spilling water when there are guests for dinner?
(a) Mary.
(b) Robert.
(c) Lisbeth.
(d) Jack.

4. At age would most daughters of plantation owners begin courting?
(a) 20.
(b) 18 or 19.
(c) 16 or 17.
(d) 17.

5. What can Samuel read from in Chapter 9?
(a) Bible.
(b) Bulletins.
(c) Primers.
(d) Newspaper.

6. Where do the slaves throw teeth and make a wish?
(a) Roof.
(b) Fire.
(c) Creek.
(d) Grave.

7. When did Grandmother Wainwright give birth to her first child?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1803.

8. What was Ann's mother's favorite color?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

9. What is Mattie doing at the beginning of Chapter 10, while Lisbeth sits under the willow tree?
(a) Reading.
(b) Watching Jack.
(c) Ironing sheets.
(d) Visiting Samuel.

10. In Chapter 4, how old is Elizabeth?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 9 months.

11. How many years has Mrs. Gray worked for the Wainwrights?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

12. How old was Mrs. Gray when she went to work for the Wainwrights?
(a) 25.
(b) 32.
(c) 27.
(d) 29.

13. How old was Mattie when she met Emanuel?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

14. How old was Elizabeth when Mattie was allowed to visit her family on Sunday afternoons?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

15. How many acres were set aside for the plantation?
(a) 800.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 750.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Mattie spend at the Andersons?

2. How old is Mattie's baby boy when Elizabeth is born?

3. What afternoons does Samuel learn to read?

4. When did Grandmother Wainwright marry into the Wainwright family?

5. Who is the oldest white family in the valley?

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