The Underground Railroad (novel) Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 27:

1.

Who unexpectedly follows Cora and Caesar, but is captured in Section 2? (from Section 2)

Terrance.

Ajarry.

Lovey.

Mabel.

2.

Which character dies in the confrontation that brings the journey through Tennessee to a close? (from Section 7)

Boseman.

Ridgeway.

The man from the town.

Homer.

3.

Who is the man with whom Cora finally allows herself to have an intimate relationship? (from Section 9)

Royal.

Sam.

Valentine.

Lander.

4.

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 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.

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.

5.

What is the likely true reason for the sterilization program, and probably for the blood test programs? (from Section 4)

To maintain control over the size of the "colored" population.

To make sure there were more black men than women, men being stronger and more able to work hard.

To maintain control over the moods and attitudes of the "colored" population.

To give white people a sense that they were making the lives of colored people better.

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