The Underground Railroad (novel) Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 27:

1.

Who is Bessie? (from Section 3)

Bessie is Cora's new name.

Bessie is Cora's new best friend.

Bessie is the child that Cora is assigned to take care of.

Bessie is Cora's new employer.

2.

Why does Mabel feel that Ajarry's plot is "the most valuable land in all of Georgia"? (from Section 10 )

Because it grows better flowers than anywhere else.

Because it represents something that is only hers.

Because it represents something that she created herself.

Because it grows better vegetables than anywhere else.

3.

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 Fiona: the window Cora looks out of can be seen from the front sidewalk that Fiona always walks down.

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

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

4.

How does Ridgeway refer to the slaves he pursues and captures, and why is it significant? (from Section 7)

He refers to slaves by their names, which in his mind equates them with human beings ripe for humiliation.

He refers to slaves as "it," which in his mind dehumanizes them completely.

He refers to slaves as "it," which in his mind equates them with the reward he is going to receive for returning them.

He refers to slaves by the name of their owners, which in his mind reinforces the idea that a slave is property.

5.

Cora's realization that the freedom associated with the park near the Wells' house is an illusion echoes her similar realization about what other, seemingly free, area of land? (from Section 6)

The open park in the middle of the city in South Carolina.

Her plot of land behind the dormitory in South Carolina.

The Field of Freedom that she passes through on her way to Martin and Ethel's home.

Her plot of land on the Randall plantation.

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