The Underground Railroad (novel) Quiz

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Who is Ajarry? (from Section 1)

Cora's mother.

Cora's sister.

Cora's daughter.

Cora's grandmother.

Cora comes to believe that she is going to stay on the Valentine farm. Earlier in the novel, she had the same feeling about another stop on the underground railroad. What was that stop, and why is her hope here ironic? (from Section 8)

The earlier stop was in South Carolina: Cora's thought here is ironic because the supportive Valentine family is secretly as racist as Dr. Stevens and the other whites.

The earlier stop was in North Carolina: Cora's thought here is ironic because the freedom she thought she had in North Carolina turned out to be an illusion.

The earlier stop was in Tennessee: Cora's thought here is ironic because the imprisonment she experienced in Tennessee is the same sort of imprisonment she fears coming into the farm.

The earlier stop was in South Carolina: Cora's thought here is ironic because the freedom she thought she had in South Carolina turned out to be an illusion.

Why does Cora hide in the far corner of the Wells' attic? (from Section 5)

She is trying to avoid seeing and hearing the weekly town parties: they are too happy for her to endure.

She is trying to avoid being seen and heard by Ethel Wells.

She is trying to avoid seeing and hearing the weekly lynchings.

She is trying to avoid being seen and heard by Fiona: the window Cora looks out of can be seen from the front sidewalk that Fiona always walks down.

Why does Dr. Stevens assist in the robbing of graves? (from Section 5)

So that he and other anti-slavery activists can prove that the dead "colored" have been tortured.

So that he and other medical students can learn about the differences between "colored" and "white" bodies.

So he and other medical students can learn about anatomy by dissecting the bodies they steal.

So he and other anti-slavery activists can give the black slaves that have been tortured and killed a proper burial.

What is the common meaning to narration's references to both "the miracle beneath" and "the new nation beneath the old"? (from Section 10 )

Light.

Discipline.

Status.

Freedom.