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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the slaveholders tell the slaves about life in the Northern states?
2. Who buys Linda's children from the Flints?
3. Where does Dr. Flint clearly believe Linda escapes to?
4. Who does not remember Linda?
5. How are Aunt Marthy and Linda related?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 20, how does Dr. Flint react when he discovers Linda's children living happily in town with their great-grandmother?
2. Why does Linda want it to appear that she fled to the Northern states?
3. Linda meets with Mr. Sands before he heads off to Washington, D.C. Describe the conversation that occurs between Linda and Mr. Sands during this meeting.
4. Why is Linda pained to know that her child is Dr. Flint's slave?
5. Why is Linda sent to work on the young Mr. Flint's plantation?
6. Describe Linda's reaction when she finds out that Mr. Sands has married.
7. Why does Linda turn down a marriage proposal to a free black man whom she was very much in love with?
8. Using examples from the text, explain why some slaves believe the lies told to them about the North.
9. Describe the events that happen during a muster.
10. Why is New Year's Day a horrific day for most slaves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Linda needed a strong support system in order to make it through her ordeal. Using examples from the text, describe Linda's support system. How is her support system different in the North versus the one she has in the South?
Essay Topic 2
In the Preface, Jacobs explains that she changed the names of the characters in the text. Explain Jacobs' reasoning for doing this using examples from the text. Why does Jacob's change the names? If this is a non-fiction text, why does Jacobs change her own name? Why do some characters have no names at all?
Essay Topic 3
A common theme in anti-slavery text is an uneducated slave outwitting an educated Master. In what ways is this theme represented in "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"?
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