View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Florens so excited to go get the blacksmith for Rebekka?
(a) He is her lover.
(b) She wants to leave the farm.
(c) She will get to see her mother.
(d) He can save her master.

2. Where does Florens live at the beginning of the book?
(a) A farm.
(b) A poor house.
(c) A plantation.
(d) A ship.

3. What did Jacob do to make money in the North?
(a) Wrote.
(b) Taught.
(c) Farmed.
(d) Traded.

4. What skills does Lina say she had to hone to survive on the farm?
(a) Trust skills.
(b) Memory skills.
(c) Hermit skills.
(d) House skills.

5. How is the blacksmith different from other black men?
(a) He can read.
(b) He is free.
(c) He was born in America.
(d) He is educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sorrow raised?

2. What vow did Lina take after living with the Vaarks?

3. What did Jacob not agree with in the government?

4. With whom does Lina have a close friendship?

5. How old was Florens when she came to where she lives at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 205 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample