"North and South" by John Jakes

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1. Where are George Hazard and Orry Main going when they meet for the first time in June 1842? West Point Military Academy Mont Royal, South Carolina Lehigh Station, Pennsylvania To fight in the Civil War

2. What is the name of the cadet who makes Orry's and George's lives a misery at West Point? Elkanah Bent Caleb Slocum Ezra Bent Eddie Benn

3. When Orry is returning home from West Point, he stops to help a woman whose carriage has overturned in a ditch. What type of creature has gotten into the carriage? A rat A scorpion A snake A toad

4. Which two people accompany Madeline Fabray from New Orleans to Resolute? Nicholas Fabray and Maum Sally Maum Sally and Villefranche Orry Main and Cousin Charles Semiramis and Priam

5. What does George Hazard find in the hills above the Military Academy? A meteorite A diamond A four-leaf clover A dead body

6. Why do several members of the Hazard family disapprove of George's wife, Constance Flynn? She's black She's an Irish Catholic She keeps slaves She's been married three times

7. What does Orry lose in the battle at Churubusco? His foot His left eye His front teeth His arm

8. Which poem by Edgar Allen Poe do Orry and Madeline read aloud to each other when they meet at Salvation Chapel? Romance The City In The Sea The Raven Annabel Lee

9. What is the name of the Hazards' summer home in Newport? Belvedere Resolute Mont Royal Fairlawn

10. Why is the slave, Priam, punished during George's first visit to Mont Royal? Stealing Trying to escape Fighting Drunkenness

11. What are Billy Hazard's and Charles Main's nicknames at West Point? Stick and Stump Bunk and Bison Rocky and Rabbit General and Major

12. Which British engineer does Orry's brother Cooper and his wife Judith travel to Britain to meet? None of these George Stephenson Isambard Kingdom Brunel Henry Bessemer

13. What is the name of the cargo ship designed by Cooper Main? Star Of The South Leviathan Star Of Carolina Great Britain

14. What is the name of the slave Virgilia Hazard helps to escape from Mont Royal? Grady Cuffey Homer Priam

15. Which two characters marry, creating a permanent link between the Hazards and the Mains, despite the approaching war? Charles Main and Virgilia Hazard Billy Hazard and Brett Main Judah Main and Patricia Hazard Billy Hazard and Ashton Main

16. Why does Orry object to his sister marrying George's brother? Because he is from the North and she is from the South Because she's white and he's black Because he has no money to support her Because he's more than twice her age

17. Who does Ashton send to kill Billy Hazard in a duel? Charles Main Justin LaMotte James Huntoon Forbes LaMotte

18. What secret does Bent discover about Madeline LaMotte? She had murdered her husband, Justin LaMotte Her father was an African slave Her great-grandmother was an African slave She was adopted as a baby

19. What are the names of Cooper's and Judith's two children? Tillet and Clarissa Laban and Levi Judah and Sue Ellen Judah and Marie Louise

20. According to Maude Hazard, which plant symbolizes the strength and resilience of the Hazard family? Laurel Hawthorn Rose Honeysuckle