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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. How long ago does Charles Mondial Vaughn say he was knighted in chapter 10?
(a) Four years ago.
(b) Fourteen years ago.
(c) Ten years ago.
(d) Eight years ago.

2. What part of their own bodies does the preacher claim the animal Cooter and Elijah are tracking in chapter 1 often bite?
(a) Their paws.
(b) Their tails.
(c) Their bellies.
(d) Their tongues.

3. Who does Elijah say shares the classroom with the black children of Buxton in chapter 4?
(a) Indian and white children.
(b) French and white children.
(c) French and Indian children.
(d) White and Chinese children.

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

5. On what day does chapter 3 take place?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Travis hit the top of his desk with in chapter 6?

2. Why does Mr. Leroy never eat until late in the day according to Elijah in chapter 5?

3. Who does Cooter point out in chapter 6 have not been checking up on Mr. Travis?

4. Who is Elijah surprised to find the other students surrounding in chapter 10?

5. What is Elijah's symbolic last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Travis teach besides general education? Why does this bother Elijah?

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

3. What method does Elijah employ in his fishing?

4. Why does Elijah begin to use a derogatory word in chapter 7? How does Mr. Leroy react?

5. What does Elijah use as bait to catch his fish?

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

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

8. What does Elijah plan to do with fish he has caught? Who talks him out of four of his fish?

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

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

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