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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters Eight through Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the school that Uther Botkin's daughter attends?
(a) Abby's Female Institution.
(b) Augusta Female Seminary.
(c) School for the Gifted and Talented.
(d) Virginia Ladies College.

2. What is the name of the essay that Samuel Gatewood writes in Part I, Chapter 13?
(a) Remarks by a Southern Abolitionist.
(b) Remarks by a Mountain Agriculturalist.
(c) Remarks by a Plantation Owner.
(d) Remarks by a Slave Trader.

3. Miss Marguerite begins telling the traveling young woman in Part I, Chapter 1 a story. Where does the story take place?
(a) Gatewood Plantation in South Carolina.
(b) Stratford Plantation in Virginia.
(c) O'Hara Plantation in Mississippi.
(d) Mumford Plantation in North Carolina.

4. Two years after the big storm, what is Samuel's son guarding in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) The area prior to the hanging of Mike Lewis.
(b) The area prior to the hanging of Matt Louis.
(c) The area prior to the hanging of Jake Bowers.
(d) The area prior to the hanging of John Brown.

5. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?
(a) Those who remember the days of the Civil War.
(b) Those who remember her great-grandmother.
(c) Those who remember the days of slavery.
(d) Those who remember her great-grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Years ago, what name was Miss Marguerite known by?

2. What does Silas do for a living?

3. Why does Samuel Gatewood want his slave to be married?

4. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?

5. What is the name of Silas's nephew?

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