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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elijah see wandering out of the woods in chapter 4 two days after the scare of the approaching slave catchers?
(a) A grey mule.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A bloody man.
(d) A white horse.

2. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

3. Who does Elijah drag into the house upon arriving in chapter 1 in order to protect them from the strange animal he and Cooter were tracking?
(a) Mrs. Brown.
(b) Mrs. Holton.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. What does Elijah mean when he says fragile in chapter 2?
(a) Unintelligent.
(b) Brave.
(c) Easily broken.
(d) Cowardly.

5. What does Elijah tell the reader in chapter 5 his mother does not cook well?
(a) Everything.
(b) Beef and potatoes.
(c) Fish and vegetables.
(d) Cakes, pies, and cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elijah once overhear his father call the preacher?

2. Who chastises Elijah and Cooter in chapter 1 after they put a frog in the knitting of Elijah's mother?

3. What does Elijah's mother tell him at the end of chapter 2 that leaves him confused?

4. Where does Flapjack spend all his time while Elijah fishes in chapter 3?

5. What lesson was the class in the middle of in chapter 4 when the children were escorted home in small groups?

(see the answer key)

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