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Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
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ESCAPE OF CLOTEL
Question 1 of 2
How does William, having safely reached free soil, outwit the train conductor who demands he pay full passenger fare despite having been forced to ride in the luggage van?
A
He pays the full fare without complaint
B
He refuses to pay anything at all and is arrested
C
He bribes the conductor to let him ride for free
D
He refuses to pay passenger rates for luggage-van treatment, and instead insists on paying the freight rate per hundredweight for his own body weight, forcing the conductor to accept a fraction of the fare
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