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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, New Perils | Chapter 21, The Loophole of Retreat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Northerners who move South and purchase slaves tend to treat their slaves?
(a) They tend to treat them kinder.
(b) Northerners do not move South to purchase slaves.
(c) They tend to treat them harsher.
(d) They tend to treat them the same.

2. Why doesn't Linda tell her family about her hiding place?
(a) So they can truthfully say they have no idea where she is.
(b) To protect her children.
(c) Linda never hid, so she had no reason to tell them anything.
(d) So they cannot turn her in to The Flint family.

3. What do the slaveholders tell the slaves about life in the Northern states?
(a) They are told that it is more difficult and unpleasant than their current lives in slavery.
(b) They are told that they will freeze to death if they flee North.
(c) They are told that it is bliss.
(d) They are told that the Northern states have slavery too.

4. What event prompts Linda's town to have a muster?
(a) The death of a slave.
(b) Linda's disappearance.
(c) Benjamin's escape to the North.
(d) Nat Turner's insurrection.

5. How long does Linda stay in her hiding place?
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Flint travel while searching for Linda?

2. At what time of day are the slaves allowed to attend church?

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

4. What tool does Linda use to make a hole in her hiding place?

5. Why is Linda hiding in the swamps?

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