Name:                                                                                                                    Len / 1B

Reading Quiz #3            

1. Clarence Garie met his wife Emily

• AT A SLAVE AUCTION
• at a racecourse
• on a blind date
• while visiting the North

2. The Ellis family makes their money through

• cooking and cleaning
• SEWING AND CARPENTRY
• writing and teaching
• practicing medicine and advertising

3. Wealthy Mrs. Thomas wants Charlie to be trained in

• DOMESTIC SERVICE
• Latin and Greek
• writing and drawing
• haberdashery

4. Caddy Ellis injures all of the following EXCEPT

• her brother Charlie
• MR. WALTERS
• Mr. Winston
• the rioters

5. The Philadelphia authorities respond to knowledge of the imminent riot by

• dispatching police “in large numbers to protect black homes”
• DISMISSING THE PLOT AS JUST ANOTHER “TRIFLING COMBAT”
• advising white leaders to rein in “the unwashed ruffians among you”
• calling in troops and suspending “the time-honored rules of posse comitatus”

6. In defending Mr. Walters's home, Caddy and Kinch

• fire rifles at the mob
• line the block with banana peel
• POUR BOILING WATER ON ASSAILANTS
• design a slingshot for launching heavy objects

7. What is the major injury that Mr. Ellis suffers at the hands of the rioters?

(a)    They bruise his sternum.

(b) THEY MANGLE HIS HANDS.

• They smash his feet.
• He escapes unscathed.

8. During the attack on the Garies’ home,

(a)    the structure is burned to the ground.

(b) both Stevens and McCloskey are killed.

(c) Clarence and Emily gain a new sibling.

• CLARENCE AND EMILY ARE ORPHANED.

9. Charlie Ellis turns out to have a talent for

(a) DRAWING

(b) dramatic reading

(c) music

(d) poetry

10. Mr. Walters objects to Clarence’s passing as white for the following reason:

(a) HIS TRUE PARENTAGE WOULD BE VULNERABLE TO DISCOVERY.

(b) A person who has made own fortune despite prejudice will be much happier in

life.

(c) He would lose the support system of the urban black community.

(d) He would never forgive himself for rejecting his authentic identity.

Extra Credit. Mr. Winston is surprised by all of the following features of free black life in Philadelphia EXCEPT                

• THEIR SEPARATE SCHOOLS
• their high rate of home ownership
• their support system for the poor
• their library system                                                                                                            (+1 point)

Fill in the family tree below. You must include all of the following people: Bernard Garie, Clarence Garie, Jr., Emily Garie, John Garie, George Stevens, George Winston. Fill in ALL horizontal lines. Vertical lines indicate descent; an equal sign signifies marriage (+2 points; no partial credit).

(a) BERNARD GARIE

(b) JOHN GARIE 

(c) or (d) CLARENCE GARIE, JR. / EMILY GARIE

(e) GEORGE WINSTON

(f) GEORGE STEVENS