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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Cora's mother?
(a) Mary.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Ethel.
(d) Ajarry.

2. What were the name of Old Randall's mastiffs?
(a) Plato and Demosthenes.
(b) Newton and Einstein.
(c) Aristotle and Jackson.
(d) Ruffles and Doggo.

3. Who is the dormitory supervisor where Cora lives in "South Carolina"?
(a) Miss Lucy.
(b) Miss Ethel.
(c) Miss Sarah.
(d) Miss Mary.

4. On what slave ship was Ajarry taken from her homeland?
(a) The Pelican.
(b) The Nanny.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Americana.

5. In a line from "North Carolina," the narrator says, "The only way to know how long you are lost in the darkness is" what?
(a) "To be saved from it."
(b) "To count the days."
(c) "To pray."
(d) "To listen to your hunger."

6. What is the date on the reward poster that opens "South Carolina"?
(a) January 5, 1812.
(b) March 17, 1845.
(c) July 18, 1820.
(d) September 2, 1826.

7. How old is the "negro girl" that is being sought on the reward poster in the opening of "South Carolina"?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

8. Who is the cruel red-headed overseer at Randall plantation?
(a) Masters.
(b) Connelly.
(c) Will.
(d) Jackson.

9. Why does the narrator say that the captain of the slave ship that brought Ajarry from her homeland staggered the culture and disposition of the slaves he peddled?
(a) Because they liked to hear the different languages.
(b) Because they might plot a mutiny if they shared a language.
(c) Because different tribes had different specialties in terms of work.
(d) Because the buyers liked to choose from different tribes.

10. Where did Ridgeway travel to in order to retreive the slave named Betsy in "Ridgeway"?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Trenton, New Jersey.

11. Who is the boy that Cora received a beating for protecting from Terrance?
(a) Chester.
(b) Lovey.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Sam.

12. Who is the slave that comes up to Cora and suggests they run away together in "Georgia"?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Boseman.
(c) Royal.
(d) Lovey.

13. For how much money did a representative from the Randall plantation buy Ajarry?
(a) $125.
(b) $292.
(c) $239.
(d) $450.

14. What building does the staton master tell Cora and Caesar to use as a landmark in "South Carolina"?
(a) The Marcine Building.
(b) The Tater Building.
(c) The Chrystler Building.
(d) The Griffin Building.

15. Who follows Cora and Caesar when they make their escape from the plantation?
(a) Ridgeway.
(b) Lovey.
(c) Ajarry.
(d) Ethel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam say the patients that think they are being treated for blood ailments are really being subjected to in "South Carolina"?

2. Who is the curator of the museum where Cora goes to work in "South Carolina"?

3. What does Cora name the brown mutt that she watches from the attic of the station master's house in "North Carolina"?

4. How did Ajarry attempt to kill herself a second time on the slave ship passage?

5. What is the name of the station master's wife in "North Carolina"?

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