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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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 white horse.
(b) A bloody man.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A grey mule.

2. What does Mr. Leroy say Elijah is doing by using a derogatory term to address himself and his classmates?
(a) Placing them back in the category of slave.
(b) Showing his own intelligence.
(c) Degrading their intelligence.
(d) Keeping the hate alive.

3. What is Mr. Leroy's scar on his chest in the shape of?
(a) A letter S.
(b) A ranch's brand.
(c) A cross.
(d) A letter T.

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

5. What story is Elijah telling Mr. Leroy in chapter 7?
(a) One about Old Flapjack.
(b) One about his mother's fear of toads.
(c) One of Mrs. Holton's savings to buy her husband.
(d) The one of Cooter and Mr. Travis.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does chapter 3 take place?

2. Why does Elijah consider in chapter 3 missing some of the targets the preacher wants him to hit?

3. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?

4. In what two parts does Elijah separate his chores?

5. What kind of cookies does Elijah's mother tell him Mrs. Brown baked for him in chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Frederick Douglass?

2. What does Mr. Leroy show Elijah in chapter 7? What is the significance about these things?

3. Why does Mr. Leroy react as he does in chapter 7 to Elijah's use of a derogatory word?

4. Why do Elijah and his friend, Cooter, begin tracking a snake one afternoon?

5. To whom does the preacher introduce Elijah to? For what purpose?

6. What is the basis of Madame Sabbar's act?

7. What do Cooter and Elijah think Mr. Travis means by familiarity breeds contempt in chapter 6?

8. Who teaches Elijah to shoot a gun? For what reason?

9. For what reason are the children sent home early from school at the beginning of chapter 4?

10. What method does Elijah employ in his fishing?

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