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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. 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 Matt Louis.
(b) The area prior to the hanging of Jake Bowers.
(c) The area prior to the hanging of Mike Lewis.
(d) The area prior to the hanging of John Brown.

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

3. After his essay in Part I, Chapter 13, whom does Samuel Gatewood try to convince to stop running away?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Jacob.

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

5. What does Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife wish she had done before she was sentenced to jail?
(a) Put up more of a fight.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Killed herself.
(d) Pleaded for mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to jail?

2. How many years does the judge sentence Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife to serve in jail?

3. How do Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife get to the jail after being sentenced?

4. What is the name of Samuel Gatewood's wife?

5. What is the name of the school that Uther Botkin's daughter attends?

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