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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Skiffington concerned about in light of the number of missing slaves from Caldonia's plantation?

2. What happens to the sick slave who Moses forces to work in the fields despite an illness?

3. What does Augustus attempt to do the moment he is bought and paid for?

4. Who is Ray Topps?

5. Why does Skiffington count Oden and his testimony for Travis about Augustus as that of only half a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Fern meet on the road as she returns home from consoling Caldonia over her loss for the past five weeks?

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

3. What disease does Saskia Wilhelm contract that she exposes all the people on Counsel's plantation to?

4. Why is Jebediah Dickinson arrested? What lie is revealed upon this arrest?

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

6. Why does Moses encourages Alice, his wife, and son to run away?

7. What object will Tessie, Elias' daughter, ask her children and grandchildren to find for her on her death bed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following themes from the novel:

1) Friendship

2) Slavery

3) Freed Slaves Owning Slaves

4) Extramarital Affairs

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of blacks owning slaves. Why would a black person own slaves? What purpose did the slaves fulfill? What other options did freed slaves have other than owning slaves? Why did some freed slaves choose to own slaves? How did this give them power? How did this change their standing in the community? Were blacks allowed to buy slaves at public auctions? Why or why not? How did freed slaves obtain slaves?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Henry Townsend own slaves? Why does this decision cause a rift in Henry's relationship with his father? Why does Henry's father refuse to stay in his son's house while visiting the plantation? Why does Henry's parents relate better to the slave than their son? Why does Henry relate better to his former owner than the slaves? What does Henry vow to do when he begins owning slaves? How does this make Henry different from his former owner?

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