Elijah of Buxton Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1 and 2

1. What is the point of view of this novel?

First person.

2. On what day does chapter 1 take place?

Sunday.

3. What are Cooter and Elijah looking at in chapter 1 when the preacher comes upon them?

Snake tracks.

4. What type of animal does the preacher claim Elijah and Cooter are tracking in chapter 1?

A hoop snake.

5. What part of their own bodies does the preacher claim the animal Cooter and Elijah are tracking in chapter 1 often bite?

Their tails.

6. What does the preacher always tote as mentioned by Elijah in chapter 1?

A mystery pistol and holder.

7. Who does Elijah drag into the house upon arriving in chapter 1 in order to protect them from the strange animal he and Cooter were tracking?

His mother.

8. Who does Elijah's mother tell him dies a thousand...
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