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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip say to Washington the first time he sees his face after the burning accident?
(a) He says Washington will never serve in a house now.
(b) He says Washington is an ugly thing now.
(c) He says Washington's face actually looks better.
(d) He says Washington would be better off dead.

2. What does Philip enjoy doing more than almost anything else?
(a) Eating.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Shooting.

3. What is Titch relived to find out from Peter House in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) His fortune is intact.
(b) His father is alive.
(c) His brother is alive.
(d) His mother is still well.

4. What is the climate on Faith Plantation like?
(a) Cool and pleasant.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Very rainy.
(d) Hot and humid.

5. Who does Washington see in cages in the town where he and Titch pick up their visitor in Chapter 8?
(a) Priests.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Runaway slaves.

6. What does Titch tell Washington about the afterlife in Chapter 10?
(a) That he must be careful to be good so he will not go to hell.
(b) That Titch thinks he will see his own father in the afterlife.
(c) That there is nothingness after we die.
(d) That he can look forward to going to heaven.

7. What plantation does Titch tell the ship's captain they are from?
(a) Love.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Hope.
(d) Island.

8. What does Titch tell Washington he will teach him at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) To read.
(b) To do algebra.
(c) To measure the sun's movements.
(d) To administer injections.

9. What startles Washington about the two brothers on the ship?
(a) They are identical twins.
(b) They are both disfigured in the same exact way.
(c) They are albinos.
(d) They are ghosts.

10. What is the price on Washington's head?
(a) 300 pounds.
(b) 5,000 pounds.
(c) 9,000 pounrds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

11. Where is the ship traveling to in Part II, Chapter 2?
(a) The Solomon Islands.
(b) England.
(c) The Arctic.
(d) America.

12. What does Titch instruct Washington and Philip to do in Chapter 9 while he demonstrates the cloud-cutter's gas mechanism?
(a) Start making their way back down the mountain.
(b) Stay well away from the machine.
(c) Come closer to the machine.
(d) Gather in a circle around the lake.

13. How old was Washington when his first master died?
(a) 16 or 17.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 12 or 13.
(d) 10 or 11.

14. Where is Faith Plantation located?
(a) The Cayman Islands.
(b) Virginia.
(c) India.
(d) Barbados.

15. What does Titch ask Washington to do in Part II, Chapter 4, that shocks him?
(a) To join the other runaway slaves on their way to freedom.
(b) To turn himself in.
(c) To go back to Faith Plantation.
(d) To disguise himself as a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular aquatic creature is a favorite of Washington's from the volumes he reads in Chapter 10?

2. What alarms Washington about the sexton's activities in Part II, Chapter 4?

3. What does James Wilde say children know of beauty in Part II, Chapter 5?

4. Who is the only slave that speaks to Washington during the labor they do for Titch in Chapter 8?

5. Who is the brother of the ship's captain?

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