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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 color is Elizabeth's dress at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

2. Who comes to get Mattie when the Mistress is about to give birth?
(a) Emily.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Annie.

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

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

5. What is the name of the girl who is supposed to watch Elizabeth after Jack is born?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Emily.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Ann when her mother died?

2. Where do the slaves throw teeth and make a wish?

3. What is Emmanuel's father's name?

4. What can Samuel read from in Chapter 9?

5. Who are looking for Samuel and Emmanuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What instructions does Mattie give Samuel before he leaves for the Anderson plantation?

2. At age five, what is Samuel's job?

3. Why does Emily come to get Mattie in Chapter 1?

4. How do the residents of Fair Oaks honor the Sunday Sabbath?

5. In Chapter 5, how does Lisbeth spend Sunday afternoons when Mattie is in the quarters?

6. What sorts of topics are young ladies allowed and not allowed to talk about with young men?

7. Why doesn't Mattie share Emmanuel's dreams of freedom?

8. What was the history of Mattie's family?

9. How does Lisbeth get Jack and his friends to stop harassing Samuel?

10. What favor does Mattie ask Mrs. Ann?

(see the answer keys)

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