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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. How long ago does Charles Mondial Vaughn say he was knighted in chapter 10?

2. What happened to Mr. Leroy's daughter?

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

4. Who lives next door to Mrs. Holton in Buxton?

5. What excuse does Elijah make at the beginning of chapter 7 for his treatment of Mr. Leroy?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason are the children sent home early from school at the beginning of chapter 4?

2. Who comes to live in Buxton at the end of chapter 10? For what reason?

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

4. To whom does the preacher introduce Elijah to? For what purpose?

5. What does Elijah plan to do with fish he has caught? Who talks him out of four of his fish?

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

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

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

9. Why does Elijah begin to use a derogatory word in chapter 7? How does Mr. Leroy react?

10. Who is Frederick Douglass?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Mr. Leroy hit Elijah for nearly calling him a derogatory name? Why does Mr. Leroy show Elijah his scars? What are the stories behind these scars? Why do they have meaning to Mr. Leroy? What meaning do they have? What lesson does Mr. Leroy teach Elijah in this incidence? Does Elijah learn it well? Why is it important for Elijah to learn such a lesson?

Essay Topic 2

What is Buxton? Where is it? What is the nature of the community? How was it started? Why did the writer chose to set his novel in this community? What is the history of this area? How does the author use it to develop his plot? How does the author use history to develop his characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in an essay, using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Point of view

2) Structure

3) Language

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