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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. Who decides to buy Jebediah when it is learned that he forged his freedom papers and is to return to his original owner?
(a) Fern.
(b) Robbins.
(c) Maude.
(d) Caldonia.

2. What does Moses include in his reports to Caldonia every night?
(a) Stories of how Henry spoke fondly of her all through their marriage.
(b) Stories of how he would treat her if she were his wife.
(c) Stories of how Henry built the house for her.
(d) Stories of how the slaves are building a rebellion against her.

3. What disease begins to sweep through the plantation, leaving most of the family and slaves dead?
(a) Dyptheria.
(b) Black Plague.
(c) The flu.
(d) Smallpox.

4. Why was a white woman hanged in Bristol in front of more than three hundred people?
(a) For adultery.
(b) For laying with a slave.
(c) For helping a slave escape.
(d) For handing out abolishonist pamphlets.

5. What fate lies ahead of Jebediah when it is discovered he has forged his freedom papers?
(a) Jail time.
(b) Sale to a new owner.
(c) Death.
(d) Constant beatings from his owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the comment that Moses is 'world stupid' give John Skiffington a new place to search for Moses?

2. Who suggests to Caldonia that she buy insurance to cover her slaves?

3. How many free blacks do the slave traders sell along their journey south?

4. Who has John Skiffington begun to lust after even as he begins to see his career falling apart?

5. What does Jebediah step on that causes an infection in his foot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Counsel burn his own plantation house down in Chapter 7?

2. Who buys Jebediah Dickinson upon learning that he is not free, but is a slave owned by a cruel pastor?

3. What injury results in the amputation of Jebediah's foot? How does Fern respond to this operation?

4. Why does a man named Hiram Jenkins want to kill Counsel after offering him shelter and food the night before?

5. How does John Skiffington get killed?

6. How is Augustus killed?

7. Who is pressuring Skiffington to find Caldonia's missing slaves and what temptation is adding to Skiffington's stress?

8. Why does Saskia Wilhelm's husband force her into prostitution? Where does Saskia end up?

9. Why does Moses force Celeste to work in the fields even though she claims to be sick?

10. What happens to Celeste that causes many of the slaves and Caldonia to begin questioning their faith in Moses?

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