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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Elijah see wandering out of the woods in chapter 4 two days after the scare of the approaching slave catchers?
(a) A bloody man.
(b) A grey mule.
(c) A white horse.
(d) A ghost.

3. What term does Elijah's mother use for exaggeration in story telling in chapter 2?
(a) Prettying up.
(b) Embellishment.
(c) Lies.
(d) Beefing up.

4. What is the set in Madame Sabbar's stage designed to look like?
(a) The rainforest of the Amazon.
(b) The forest of Arkansas.
(c) The woods of Buxton.
(d) The jungles of Sweden.

5. What story is Elijah telling Mr. Leroy in chapter 7?
(a) One about Old Flapjack.
(b) One about his mother's fear of toads.
(c) The one of Cooter and Mr. Travis.
(d) One of Mrs. Holton's savings to buy her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?

2. What does Elijah's mother tell him at the end of chapter 2 that leaves him confused?

3. What kind of insect does the preacher claim in chapter 10 destroyed Abho's tribe?

4. Who does Elijah's mother tell him dies a thousand deaths in chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elijah use as bait to catch his fish?

2. What is Elijah afraid of? For what reason?

3. To whom does Elijah take a plate of fried fish in chapter 5?

4. To whom did the preacher try to sell Elijah? For what purpose?

5. Why was MaWee replaced by a local white child in Madame Sabbar's act?

6. Why does Elijah divide his secret pond into two parts? What does he do there?

7. Why does MaWee think that Elijah will replace him in the carnival?

8. What is important about the settlement of Buxton?

9. What is the basis of Madame Sabbar's act?

10. Who suddenly appears in Buxton with a fancy new gun in chapter 4?

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