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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 Muhammad see for the first time while on the boat?

2. What does Muhammad promise himself on the ship?

3. What does Julia ask Lizzy to do?

4. What do the slaves call the plantation home?

5. What causes many freed slaves to lose their land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Frank Petty widely known for?

2. What makes it hard for many slave descendants to track their family history?

3. What does Julia tell Lizzy the difference between white people and black people is?

4. What is a boom stick?

5. What does Abby think about the post-slavery black children?

6. How does Foster die?

7. What keeps Muhammad from sleeping at night while on the ship?

8. Why does Lizzy choose to leave Live Oaks?

9. Why does Sheriff Glover pull a gun on Elijah?

10. What is the most startling thing to Muhammad about his captors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elijah and Moses are two characters who are very similar in their natures, but are markedly different in other ways. Use some examples from the text to compare and contrast these two dynamic characters.

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and explain how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Walter Dean Myers have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Love is a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters are most affected by this theme? Which relationships are the most significant to the plot and why?

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