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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first job Henry has after winning his freedom from slavery?
(a) Making furniture with his father.
(b) Working in cotton fields.
(c) Caring for the horses on a local farm.
(d) Making boots.

2. What is unusual about the fact that Henry Townsend owns slaves?
(a) Henry is the child of slaves currently owned by a neighbor.
(b) Henry was once a slave himself.
(c) Henry was beaten by slaves.
(d) Henry is an abolitionist.

3. What do Henry's parents often bring him on their Sunday visits to Robbins' plantation?
(a) Money.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

4. How does Robbins react when he finds Philamena in Richmond after she has run away a second time?
(a) He threatens to lock her in her room,
(b) He offers her a divorce.
(c) He beats her to near death.
(d) He has her arrested.

5. What unusual demand does Moses make to Robbins?
(a) Moses insists Robbins pay a good price.
(b) Moses insists that he is worth more than Robbins pays.
(c) Moses insists he and Bessie, the other slave, remain together.
(d) Moses insists he is a free man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the slave patrols formed?

2. Who admonishes Henry to show vigilance and responsibility toward his slaves?

3. Which woman does Elias develop an affection for while a slave on the Townsend Plantation?

4. Who opens the crate and frees Rita after her forty-one hour trip East?

5. Who dies as his wife and teacher discuss the fate of two slaves whose owner has died?

(see the answer key)

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