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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. Why does Elijah think that Mr. Leroy wants to kill him in chapter 18?
2. What concerns Elijah about the horse in chapter 20 he and Mr. Leroy are riding?
3. What does Mr. Leroy do in the beginning of chapter 16 that he feels he must apologize for?
4. How many passes in chapter 17 before the people of Buxton learn of Mr. Highgate's injuries?
5. Where do Elijah and Cooter run to in the beginning of chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who grabs Elijah as he is making his way to the meeting in chapter 18? For what reason?
2. Why does Elijah's father not trust the preacher to take Mr. Leroy's money and arrange for the purchase of his family?
3. What has Mrs. Taylor been giving her infant daughter that makes her afraid for the child? Why has she done this?
4. What is significant about Emma Collins?
5. Who reads the letter to Mrs. Holton in chapter 13? For what reason?
6. What happened to Mr. Highgate? For what reason? How did he get back to Buxton?
7. What happens to Mr. Leroy as he and Elijah prepare to go to East Lee stable in chapter 20?
8. To where did Elijah's mother travel with her white master as a child when she was a slave?
9. Why does Elijah tell the villagers in chapter 20 that he has an aunt waiting for him close by?
10. For what reason does Mr. Leroy want to go to Michigan? Why does he want to take Elijah?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following in an essay, using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:
1) Point of view
2) Structure
3) Language
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
Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay using quotes to support your conclusions:
1) Elijah and the preacher
2) Elijah and Mr. Leroy
3) Elijah and his parents.
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