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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Skiffington think should be done with Minerva, his slave, if the family were to move?
(a) She should be forced into a beneficial marriage.
(b) She should remain with the family who cares for her.
(c) She should be freed.
(d) She should be sold to a plantation.

2. What does Henry do with the gift his parents bring him every Sunday during their visits?
(a) Bribes the overseer so he does not have to work.
(b) Bribes the groom to give him the position.
(c) Bribes Robbins to keep raising his price.
(d) Bribes the slave patrol to allow him to wander the countryside.

3. Who takes in Stamford to help heal his wounds after a fight with his cabin mate, Clement?
(a) Caldonia.
(b) Delphie.
(c) Moses.
(d) Celeste.

4. Why do Robbins and Henry come to the sheriff's office to see Skiffington while Broussard is a prisoner there?
(a) Robbins is missing a slave.
(b) Travis has been cruel to Henry.
(c) Henry has been robbed.
(d) Travis has been cruel to Robbins.

5. Why does the slave, Stamford, insist on only consorting with young women rather than women his own age?
(a) He believes only the young ones can keep up with his stamina.
(b) He believes the young ones will help make being a slave easier to stand.
(c) He believes only the young ones understand his needs.
(d) He believes only the young ones can excite his desires.

6. What causes a fight between Stamford and his cabin mate, Clement?
(a) Bitter words about a mutual friend.
(b) The abuse of a child.
(c) An interest in the same girl.
(d) Lost possessions.

7. What does Robbins want to see happen to help support the sheriff's actions?
(a) A military regime brought in.
(b) A slave patrol organized.
(c) An increase in the number of deputies.
(d) A militia formed.

8. Who does Anderson Frazier approach to speak to about his latest writing project?
(a) Mildred Townsend.
(b) Alice Night.
(c) Fern Elston.
(d) Caldonia Townsend.

9. How many children do Caldonia and Henry have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) None.

10. Who does Augustus buy from his former owner, William Robbins?
(a) His cousin, Mike.
(b) His wife, Mildred.
(c) His mother, Rita.
(d) His son, Jack.

11. Who becomes Henry's mentor despite Augustus' disapproval?
(a) John Skiffington.
(b) Oden Peoples.
(c) Barnum Kinsey.
(d) William Robbins.

12. Where does Henry request he be buried?
(a) Near the house, separate from the family cemetery.
(b) In a separate cemetery from the slaves who have died on the plantation.
(c) In the same cemetery, near but not among, the slaves who have died on his plantation.
(d) In the Robbins' family cemetery.

13. Who does Caldonia believe is a better master to slaves--a white man or a black man?
(a) A white man with a black overseer.
(b) A black man.
(c) A black man with a white overseer.
(d) A white man.

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

15. Why does Travis decide he wants the cow returned to him after he has already sold it?
(a) It begins producing milk.
(b) It gets over the illness that should have killed it.
(c) The new owner sells it for more money than he paid for it.
(d) The new owner learns the cow is expecting a calf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skiffington often stop to do while traveling on horseback?

2. On what occasion does Rita attempt to escape?

3. What does Rita hide under inside this crate in order to escape?

4. What is Anderson Frazier's latest project about?

5. Who is Philomena?

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