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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. Who tells Elijah of Mr. Highgate's injuries in chapter 17?

2. How does Mr. Leroy plan on getting to Michigan?

3. What does Mr. Leroy say he wants to do with the money Mrs. Holton gave him?

4. What does Mr. Highgate say happened to his own shotgun?

5. Why does Elijah think that Mr. Leroy wants to kill him in chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To whom does Mr. Leroy go to ask for help in buying his family's freedom from slavery?

3. What happened to Mr. Highgate? For what reason? How did he get back to Buxton?

4. To where did Elijah's mother travel with her white master as a child when she was a slave?

5. Who grabs Elijah as he is making his way to the meeting in chapter 18? For what reason?

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

7. Why do Cooter and Elijah rush to the schoolhouse in chapter 12?

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

9. For what reason does Mr. Leroy want to go to Michigan? Why does he want to take Elijah?

10. What is significant about Emma Collins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do many of the parents in Buxton not know how to read or write? What do they plan to do about it? Why do the children of Buxton attend school? What is significant about this accomplishment for these children? Does their education have special meaning for their parents? For what reason?

Essay Topic 2

What are slavers, or slave chasers? Why do two of these people come toward Buxton? What happens to them? What does the community think happened to them? How do they feel about this? What danger do slavers pose for the people of Buxton? Is it possible for the people of Buxton to be forced back into slavery? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Why did Mr. Leroy want Elijah to go with him to recover his money? What purpose did Mr. Leroy need Elijah to serve for him? What happens when Mr. Leroy and Elijah arrive in the small village where the preacher gambled away all of Mr. Leroy's money? Who does Mr. Leroy think Elijah is at the end? How does Mr. Leroy die? How does Elijah react to Mr. Leroy's death?

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