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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. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?
(a) For the mistreatment of slaves.
(b) For killing someone.
(c) For stealing money.
(d) For being abolitionists.

2. After traveling to where the slaves are held, with whom does Silas's nephew have sex?
(a) Martha.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Opal.

3. 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 Plantation Owner.
(c) Remarks by a Slave Trader.
(d) Remarks by a Mountain Agriculturalist.

4. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's wife?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Anna.
(c) Adele.
(d) Amanda.

5. What do Samuel Gatewood's son and his friends do after some Union cadets rush them after listening to a speech at the military institute?
(a) They run and hide.
(b) They gather their weapons and return to regain their honor.
(c) They beg for forgiveness.
(d) The immediately begin fighting back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is the slave that Silas's nephew had sex with being sold for?

2. While at the military institute listening to a speech, what does Samuel Gatewood's son see happen to a Union flagpole?

3. How does Silas react after learning that his nephew had sex with a slave?

4. Where is the penitentiary that Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife are being sent to?

5. What do some of Samuel's slaves offer to help Uther Botkin's slave with?

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