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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horseflies does the preacher tell everyone lives in Buxton?
(a) The biggest and most onery ones.
(b) The least annoying ones.
(c) The best eating ones.
(d) The noisiest ones.

2. What is unusual, in Elijah's mind, about the way Mr. Leroy eats fish?
(a) He only eats the hard fins.
(b) He only eats the soft eyes.
(c) He only eats the head.
(d) He eats everything, even the bones.

3. What things does Madame Sabbar shoot at in chapter 8?
(a) Stuffed animals.
(b) Audience members.
(c) Candles and bulls-eye targets.
(d) Lions.

4. In a contest between Elijah throwing rocks and the preacher shooting his pistol, who wins?
(a) The preacher.
(b) Elijah.
(c) They tie.
(d) They decide not to keep score.

5. Who does Mr. Leroy tell Elijah in chapter 7 cut off his little finger of his left hand?
(a) An Indian.
(b) An overseer.
(c) A white slave owner.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to take several of Elijah's fish to relieve him of his burden in chapter 5?

2. Who chastises Elijah and Cooter in chapter 1 after they put a frog in the knitting of Elijah's mother?

3. Why does Elijah consider in chapter 3 missing some of the targets the preacher wants him to hit?

4. On what day does chapter 1 take place?

5. Why does Elijah's mother warn him not to stay out too late in chapter 5?

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