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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters Fourteen through Twenty-Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom is the woman traveling the countryside in Part I, Chapter 1, employed?
(a) Remembering Our Past Project.
(b) Moving Forward Organization.
(c) Works Progress Administration.
(d) United America Administration.

2. What does Samuel Gatewood do after his slave's third attempt at running away?
(a) He locks him in the cellar.
(b) He sells him.
(c) He whips him.
(d) He ties him up.

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

4. Who is Jesse?
(a) Uther Botkin's slave boy.
(b) Uther Botkin's brother.
(c) Uther Botkin's son.
(d) Uther Botkin's nephew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months after Uther Botkin's wife gives birth does she die?

2. As the story opens, what is the young woman traveling the countryside in search of?

3. While trying to find shelter from the big storm, whom does Samuel's son find inside a barn?

4. Whose custody is Alexander Kirkpatrick's wife released into in Part II, Chapter 23?

5. What are Alexander Kirkpatrick and his wife forced to do while in jail?

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