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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 did Mr. Leroy call the preacher that Elijah continues to think of him as in chapter 21?
(a) The thief of hearts.
(b) The stealer of dreams.
(c) Robber of hope.
(d) An abomination.

2. Who tells Elijah of Mr. Highgate's injuries in chapter 17?
(a) Cooter.
(b) Mrs. Highgate.
(c) Emma.
(d) His mother.

3. What does the preacher say his friend John Jarvey will do to help Mr. Leroy in chapter 16?
(a) Bring Mr. Leroy safely to his family.
(b) Buy Mr. Leroy's family and bring them to Michigan.
(c) Ask his abolitionist friends to help Mr. Leroy's family escape.
(d) Provide a safe hiding place for Mr. Leroy's runaway family.

4. Where does the ferry let Mr. Leroy and Elijah off at in chapter 20?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Lansing.
(c) Ann Arbor.
(d) Battle Creek.

5. Why does Elijah try to avoid leaving the church in his parents' company in chapter 14?
(a) He does not want Mr. Taylor to talk to his parents about his schoolwork.
(b) He is embarrassed by his mother's devotion to church.
(c) He wants to run around with his friends.
(d) He does not want to be forced to behave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave the Liberty Bell to Buxton as inscribed on the bell?

2. What game do the kids decide to play once they reach the beach in chapter 14?

3. What are Elijah and his father doing in the beginning of chapter 11?

4. What concerns Elijah about the horse in chapter 20 he and Mr. Leroy are riding?

5. Why does Elijah go into Chatham in chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who reads the letter to Mrs. Holton in chapter 13? For what reason?

2. What does Emma give to the Taylor's older daughter? For what reason?

3. From whom does Mrs. Holton receive a letter? What does this letter say?

4. What is a haint? What does Elijah see in chapter 21 that he believes is a haint?

5. In chapter 14, where does the community of Buxton spend their Sunday afternoon?

6. What happens to Mr. Leroy as he and Elijah prepare to go to East Lee stable in chapter 20?

7. What is the subject of the meeting that takes place in chapter 18?

8. Whom do the Duncan sisters believe Mrs. Taylor is? For what reason?

9. What has Mrs. Taylor been giving her infant daughter that makes her afraid for the child? Why has she done this?

10. What do Elijah and Mr. Leroy learn when they arrive in village in Michigan where Mr. Highgate was shot?

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