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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 does the letter from Linda's legal owner state?
2. Who is unable to attend Aunt Nancy's funeral?
3. How is the author of the appendix related to the author of the story?
4. What do Linda and William start up in Rochester?
5. When Linda hears that someone from her hometown is coming to find her, where does Linda flee?
Short Essay Questions
1. Once arriving in Philadelphia, Linda has to face the reality that being free in the North still has its downside. What incidents cause Linda to accept this truth?
2. Why does Linda distrust the boat captain?
3. How does Linda's reaction to Dr. Flint's death differ from her grandmother's reaction?
4. To what lengths does Mrs. Bruce go to keep Linda employed?
5. Describe how Mrs. Bruce reacts when she finds out that Linda is a fugitive slave.
6. What are some of the hardships Aunt Nancy has to endure while being a slave in the Flint household?
7. Using details from the text, describe why Fanny does not pity Linda.
8. Why doesn't Mrs. Hobbs want to give Ellen to Linda?
9. Why does Linda take the job with Mr. and the new Mrs. Bruce?
10. While walking on the street, Linda runs into an old friend from her hometown. His name is Luke and he's had a particularly hard life as a slave. What are some of the hardships Luke has to endure?
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 one of his letters to Linda, Dr. Flint claims that he has never, nor would never go through any attempts to capture Linda and return her to slavery. Linda and the reader know otherwise. What are some of the attempts Dr. Flint uses to try and capture Linda? Why does Dr. Flint lie?
Essay Topic 3
What are the positive and negative aspects of the church's roles in slavery?
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