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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 does the mesmerist do after Samuel leaves the stage in chapter 9 that Elijah finds less impressive?

2. What is unusual, in Elijah's mind, about the way Mr. Leroy eats fish?

3. What does Elijah mean when he says fragile in chapter 2?

4. What is Elijah's symbolic last name?

5. What does Mr. Leroy say his son's name is in chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Elijah trade for a cherry pie? What does he trade?

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

3. What tragedy does Elijah describe from Mrs. Brown's recent past?

4. Who suddenly appears in Buxton with a fancy new gun in chapter 4?

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

6. What does Elijah imagine as he catches horseflies in the stable?

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

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

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

10. What is Elijah afraid of? For what reason?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay, using quotes to support your conclusions:

1) Elijah and Mr. Leroy

2) Mr. Leroy and Mrs. Holton

3) Mrs. Holton and Elijah's mother.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following themes in an essay, using quotes to support your conclusions:

1) Slavery

2) Freedom

3) Family

4) Compassion

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the preacher to the white slave holder who informs Mrs. Holton of her husband's death. In this comparison list the cruelties each has committed and how they compare to one another, how they impact the people of Buxton and others, and the ways in which they are different. Discuss as well reasons why the author might have felt the need to offers these two representations of such cruelties.

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