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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom of the following kills Dante?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Matthias.
(d) Lucas.

2. For what crime is Gideon transported to what would become Georgia?
(a) Poaching.
(b) Slander.
(c) Murder.
(d) Embezzlement.

3. In which of the following do Scooter’s parents live?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Washington, DC.

4. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of IX?
(a) “Of Our Spiritual Strivings.”
(b) “Evolution of the Negro.”
(c) “The Black Belt.”
(d) “The Talented Tenth.”

5. Which of the following describes the voice of Lydia’s husband, Dante?
(a) Bass.
(b) Contrabass.
(c) Tenor.
(d) Baritone.

6. What is the name of Dante’s mother?
(a) Opal.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Sapphire.

7. With which of the following does Song (7) begin?
(a) “Yes.”
(b) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”
(c) “When Aidan Franklin settled his second wife and his many children in the cabin…”
(d) “We are the earth, the land.”

8. Which of the following is emphatically off of the menu at the restaurant Velma runs?
(a) Coleslaw.
(b) Collard greens.
(c) Potato salad.
(d) Garden salad.

9. Which of the following does Whitcomb note is his favorite abolitionist?
(a) Susannah Cullen.
(b) Olaudah Equiano.
(c) Ignatius Sancho.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

10. With which of the following does Song (8) begin?
(a) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”
(b) “We are the earth, the land.”
(c) “Yes.”
(d) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”

11. How old is Eliza Two when Aggie cuts her face?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

12. In which year does Gideon Franklin come to what would become Georgia?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1633.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1733.

13. For what county does Jeremiah work as a slave patroller?
(a) Forsyth.
(b) Putnam.
(c) Poth.
(d) Fulton.

14. In what year does Samuel win a land lottery in Georgia?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1705.

15. In what North Carolina city does Ailey live while attending graduate school?
(a) Hazelnut.
(b) Acorn.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Pecan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following does Pat teach?

2. Which of the following books does Whitcomb assign Ailey’s class?

3. Which of the following does Lydia note preferring?

4. In what month do Lydia and Dante wed?

5. Whom of the following is the first Ailey interviews for her dissertation?

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