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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 did the Unmaker never do?

2. What did Peggy wish to be?

3. Why did Alvin give his boots away?

4. What is Cavil to do?

5. What did Mistress Modesty imagine when she thought of Peggy's pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why couldn't Alvin simply fill the well that he had dug and make Hank Dowsers' well good?

2. For what reasons did Cavil find himself cursed?

3. Why does Peggy not admire her father for helping Black slaves get north and free?

4. What monster was little Peggy running from, and how did Alvin know?

5. Why did Alvin end up feeling like he was "half hisself"?

6. What did Cavil do that he felt was godly and righteous?

7. What did Hank understand in regards to Alvin that he wouldn't have otherwise?

8. How did he treat his slaves following the appearance of his visitor?

9. What was the Unmaker's tool in the land?

10. What things kept Alvin from running like a Red man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of slavery in this book. How has slavery become a tender topic of American history? What are some of the main human rights violations that occur while a slave is indentured to his or her master?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Makepeace's treatment of Alvin while he was an indentured apprentice. What measures have come into place since Alvin's time to protect the interests of apprentices in North America?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mistress Modesty's statement "much of what is best in me, your father gave me" in reference to Horace Guester. What did she mean by this, and how is this revealed to the reader?

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