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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 was Mattie's mother's name?
(a) Naomi.
(b) Nellie.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Rachel.

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

3. Where does Mattie's husband live?
(a) Wyatt Plantation.
(b) Morris Plantation.
(c) Rivers Plantation.
(d) Berkeley Plantation.

4. At what plantation does Jeb Martin's father work?
(a) Phillips.
(b) Williams.
(c) Davidson.
(d) Christianson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mrs. Gray when she went to work for the Wainwrights?

2. How many times total is Mattie whipped when she is at the Anderson plantation?

3. When does Lisbeth learn hand clapping games in the slave quarters?

4. What color hair does the Anderson plantation overseer have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Miss Taylor, and what does she teach daughters of plantation owners?

3. How did Mattie meet Emmanuel?

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

5. What does Ann tell Lisbeth's about her mother?

6. Why does Mattie think she is wanted in the drawing room in Chapter 11?

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

8. What is Grandmother Wainwright's history?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Mattie tell Lisbeth to do when Mattie is gone and Lisbeth misses her?

10. How does Samuel learn to read?

(see the answer keys)

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