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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the brother of the ship's captain?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Benjamin Kinast.
(c) Theo Kinast.
(d) Jonathan Wilde.
2. What plantation does Titch tell the ship's captain they are from?
(a) Love.
(b) Island.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Hope.
3. What kind of doctor was the ship captain's brother originally?
(a) An endocrinologist.
(b) A cardiologist.
(c) A neurologist.
(d) A chiropodist.
4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what one last element does Titch need to begin his cloud-cutter testing?
(a) Workers.
(b) Luck.
(c) Wind.
(d) Petrol.
5. Where is Big Kit from?
(a) England.
(b) Dahomey.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Virginia.
6. What is the title of Part II of the novel?
(a) The Arctic.
(b) Adrift.
(c) The Two Mr. Wildes.
(d) Trapped.
7. What happens when Titch takes the gauze off of Washington's face in Chapter 9?
(a) It is excruciatingly painful.
(b) Washington can not feel anything.
(c) Washington gets a terrible infection that almost kills him.
(d) Washington can not see anything.
8. What does James Wilde say children know of beauty in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Only colors.
(c) Everything.
(d) Only the shadow of beauty.
9. What relation is the visitor to Erasmus and Titch that Erasmus tells Titch is coming to visit in Chapter 8?
(a) Brother.
(b) Father.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Cousin.
10. What does Titch tell Washington about the city in which they land in Part II, Chapter 3?
(a) That it has a dangerous outlaw population.
(b) That he should pretend to be a woman there for his own safety.
(c) That blacks are treated very well there.
(d) That it was burned in a terrible fire in 1804.
11. What is Titch relived to find out from Peter House in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) His fortune is intact.
(b) His mother is still well.
(c) His father is alive.
(d) His brother is alive.
12. What does Titch tell Washington he can never abide in his pantry?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Salt.
(c) Butter.
(d) Flour.
13. Who is the only slave that speaks to Washington during the labor they do for Titch in Chapter 8?
(a) Big Kit.
(b) Little Paul.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Sally Hemmings.
14. How does Titch describe the visitor who is coming in Chapter 8 to Washington?
(a) Brutally mean.
(b) Highly intelligent.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Mentally unstable.
15. Why does Washington feel so wretched when he sees Big Kit in the big house again in Chapter 10?
(a) Big Kit has lost an eye and seems to be at death's door.
(b) Big Kit shouts at him and tells him never to speak to her again.
(c) Big Kit seems to have taken another young slave boy under her wing, and Washington is jealous.
(d) Big Kit is pregnant and looks very ill.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Titch's given name?
2. What supply does Titch keep in large quantities in Chapter 6?
3. Who does Washington see in cages in the town where he and Titch pick up their visitor in Chapter 8?
4. How does the friend Titch seeks out in Part II, Chapter 3 know his family?
5. How old was Washington when his first master died?
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