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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 the sexton give to Titch that greatly alarms him in Part II, Chapter 4?

2. How does Titch describe the visitor who is coming in Chapter 8 to Washington?

3. What is Titch relived to find out from Peter House in Part II, Chapter 5?

4. Which friend of Titch's lives just outside of the city where they land once they disembark from the ship in Part II, Chapter 3?

5. How does Titch react to the news Philip brings him and Erasmus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alarms Washington about Edgar Farrow, the sexton outside of Norfolk who Titch goes to for help?

2. Where is Big Kit from and how does she hope to get back there someday?

3. What prompts Washington to move into the path of the explosion in Chapter 9?

4. What does Erasmus and Mrs. Wilde want Titch to do in the wake of Philip's momentous news?

5. What is Titch's reaction when he hears that his cousin Philip is coming to visit in Chapter 8?

6. What does Farrow give to Titch in Part II, Chapter 4, that Titch is astounded to receive?

7. Why do Titch and Washington have to flee Faith plantation very quickly in Part II, Chapter 1?

8. On what kind of terms do Titch and Washington depart the Kinasts in Part II, Chapter 3?

9. Where do Titch and Washington crash-land in Part II, Chapter 1?

10. How does Washington discover his great talent, and what is that talent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think James Wilde, Titch's father, really feels about Titch? Why do you think James Wilde exhibits so little affection and love towards Titch, but is then inconsolable to the point of death over Titch's disappearance into the blizzard in the Arctic? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Washington's feelings towards Edgar Farrow, the sexton in Norfolk in Part II, Chapter 4. How do Washington's impressions of Farrow change, if at all, when he finds out Farrow helps runaway slaves from America to safe passage north to Canada?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how meeting Titch's mother, Mrs. Wilde, in Part IV, Chapter 3, changes Washington's perceptions of and feelings about Titch and of the Wilde family in general.

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