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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Cooter and Elijah looking at in chapter 1 when the preacher comes upon them?
2. For whom did Mr. Leroy build a house all by himself?
3. What name does the preacher give to Elijah in chapter 10?
4. What does the preacher always tote as mentioned by Elijah in chapter 1?
5. On what day does chapter 3 take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Cooter and Elijah hide in the knitting belonging to Elijah's mother?
2. For what reason are the children sent home early from school at the beginning of chapter 4?
3. Why do Elijah and his friend, Cooter, begin tracking a snake one afternoon?
4. Why does MaWee think that Elijah will replace him in the carnival?
5. Who convinces Elijah to sneak out and go to the carnival? For what reasons?
6. Why does Elijah divide his secret pond into two parts? What does he do there?
7. What is the basis of Madame Sabbar's act?
8. Why does Elijah feel as though the entire settlement of Buxton believes him to be fragile?
9. Why does Elijah begin to use a derogatory word in chapter 7? How does Mr. Leroy react?
10. What does Mr. Leroy show Elijah in chapter 7? What is the significance about these things?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Buxton? Where is it? What is the nature of the community? How was it started? Why did the writer chose to set his novel in this community? What is the history of this area? How does the author use it to develop his plot? How does the author use history to develop his characters?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Cooter? What kind of trouble does Cooter often find himself in? Why? Why does the schoolteacher dislike Cooter? Who is Cooter's best friend? What are some of the things they do together? How does this contrast with the childhoods these children's parents have had? Why do you think the author shows so much of these children's relatively carefree lives?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the history of the novel in an essay. Research the time period and discuss why the settlement was formed in Canada, the dangers the fugitives had in reaching the settlement, and some of the realities of slavery the citizens of Buxton were able to escape once they reached Buxton. Use quotes from the novel to support your conclusions.
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