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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Roxana cleared of the crime that the Percy slaves were accused of?
(a) She discovered religion.
(b) She was caring for the babies.
(c) She was serving dinner.
(d) She is a woman.

2. Where has Roxana been living since she got back to Dawson's Landing?
(a) The old planting shed.
(b) The boat docks.
(c) The church.
(d) The haunted house.

3. What does Percy threaten to do if the slaves do not admit who committed the crime?
(a) Sell them to a plantation.
(b) Put them in prison.
(c) Sell them down river.
(d) Put them on a steam boat.

4. How does the slave boy save Tom's life?
(a) He talks him down off a roof.
(b) He wards off bullies.
(c) He kills a bear.
(d) He saves him from drowning.

5. How does the Tom feel about the person who likes to protect him?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He doesn't know him.
(c) He loves him.
(d) He hates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed most of the most prominent man in town's nieces and nephews?

2. What was the person doing when he saw a woman in Tom's room?

3. Who sees a woman in Tom's room one morning?

4. How do Tom's aunts treat him?

5. What does Wilson make a comment about that makes people think he is unintelligent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange sight does Wilson see in Tom's room one night?

2. Who is the most prominent person in Dawson's Landing?

3. What does Tom do when he goes to college?

4. What caused Tom to get cut out of Judge Driscoll's will the first time?

5. How does David Wilson feel about the twins when he meets them?

6. What did Roxana do to prepare for her retirement?

7. Who lives with Judge Driscoll?

8. How does Roxana feel about Tom's plan to pay his gambling debt?

9. What does Wilson decide to do when he sees that having a law practice will not be possible in the new town?

10. What happens to Roxana after Percy dies?

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