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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, What Slaves are Taught to Believe About the North | Chapter 9, Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds it difficult to adjust to life in bondage in Chapter 2?
(a) Linda.
(b) Aunt Marthy.
(c) Susan.
(d) William.

2. What is the man's name who dies a horrific way on Mr. Litch's plantation?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) James.
(c) John.
(d) William.

3. What does Linda convince her lover to do?
(a) She convinces him to free her from slavery.
(b) She convinces him to kill himself.
(c) She convinces him to become a slave.
(d) She convinces him to go North and seek his fortune.

4. Why do the slaves fear auction/hiring day?
(a) It forces people to marry.
(b) It forces the slaves to choose their owners.
(c) It takes away their property.
(d) It tears families apart.

5. What part of Linda's life is unusually happy for a slave?
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Her adolesence.
(c) Her tweens.
(d) Her adulthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Linda is sent to the Flint house she witnesses countless horrors. Why is one slave beaten within an inch of his life?

2. Which of the following terms best describes good, kind slaveholders?

3. What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

4. Dr. Flint tells Linda that he has seen an escaped friend of hers in the free states, living in such terrible circumstances that she begs for what?

5. What does Linda's lover propose to do for her?

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