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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who digs Henry's grave before the funeral service?
(a) Calvin, Robbins, and Moses.
(b) The male slaves.
(c) Moses, Elias, and Stamford.
(d) Calvin, Louis, and Augustus.

2. What does Rita hide under inside this crate in order to escape?
(a) Gilly Patterson's clothing.
(b) Augustus Townsend's walking sticks.
(c) William Robbins' whips.
(d) John Skiffington's books.

3. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?
(a) An immigrant named Mary Conlon.
(b) William Robbins.
(c) Augustus Townsend.
(d) A cop named Paddy Smith.

4. Where does Skiffington meet his future bride?
(a) At the home of Gilly Patterson.
(b) At the home of William Robbins.
(c) At the local merchantile.
(d) At the local hotel.

5. What does Frazier's interviewee claim made slavery okay?
(a) Both the law and Bible sanctioned it.
(b) The President said it was.
(c) The politicians said it was.
(d) It was a way of life, the only way most people knew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stamford stop a couple of children from picking blueberries one late afternoon?

2. Why does this family turn on Counsel the very next morning, after offering him shelter and food the night before?

3. What is the first job Henry has after winning his freedom from slavery?

4. For whom does John Skiffington work?

5. Why does Loretta suggest fieldwork be suspended in the aftermath of Henry Townsend's death?

(see the answer key)

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