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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who chastises Elijah and Cooter in chapter 1 after they put a frog in the knitting of Elijah's mother?
(a) Mr. Leroy.
(b) Mr. Taylor.
(c) Elijah's father.
(d) The preacher.

2. What does Elijah say the other students must have found in chapter 10?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A dead animal.
(c) A strange animal.
(d) A new refugee from slavery.

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

4. On what day does chapter 1 take place?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

5. Where did the preacher tell people he got the fancy pistol he carries on his hip, as Elijah explains it in chapter 4?
(a) He bought it in Detroit.
(b) He took it as a tithe payment from a devoted Christian.
(c) He found it in the woods.
(d) He inherited from a dead brother.

6. What term does Elijah's mother use for exaggeration in story telling in chapter 2?
(a) Embellishment.
(b) Beefing up.
(c) Prettying up.
(d) Lies.

7. What name does the preacher give to Elijah in chapter 10?
(a) Asia.
(b) Ahbo.
(c) Alli.
(d) Aloa.

8. Who does the preacher say he is looking for in chapter 10 when he approaches the tents?
(a) Madame Sabbar.
(b) MaWee.
(c) The owner.
(d) Samuel.

9. What does Elijah notice about the mesmerist's eyes the upset him in chapter 9?
(a) His eyes seem to see nothing.
(b) He has three sets of eyes.
(c) His eyes are a strange color.
(d) He has two sets of eyes.

10. What is tithing?
(a) A financial donation to the church.
(b) A tip for the local preacher.
(c) A type of prayer.
(d) A type of hymnal.

11. What is the creed of Buxton settlement?
(a) One free releases them all.
(b) It only takes one.
(c) One helping to uplift all.
(d) One working for others to be free.

12. What does Cooter express as odd as he and Elijah wait outside the school on Monday morning in chapter 10?
(a) There is no one else there.
(b) There are strange kids hanging around.
(c) The grownups seem excited about something.
(d) There are too many grownups.

13. Who warns Elijah in the beginning of chapter 8 of the preacher's presence?
(a) Mr. Segee.
(b) The barn cat.
(c) Old Flapjack.
(d) Mr. Leroy.

14. What does Elijah think smoking has done to Samuel's body as he watches him undress in chapter 9?
(a) Made his skin turn yellow.
(b) Made him strong and confident.
(c) Made him skinny and sickly.
(d) Made his skin a healthy shade of brown.

15. What does Elijah's family use their parlor for, as explained in chapter 5?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Eating.
(c) Reading.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is John Brown?

2. How did Mr. Travis behave, in Cooter's opinion, when they met the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?

3. What kind of insect does the preacher claim in chapter 10 destroyed Abho's tribe?

4. Where do many of the people of Buxton take their meals, as explained in chapter 5?

5. What does the preacher say Elijah will be doing by attending the carnival in chapter 8?

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