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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. Where does Ceylinda sell the things she makes to make money?

2. What does Amos see in the thing that wakes him while he is away from his house after he hears Violet has hidden his saved money?

3. What does the person greeting Amos in Jaffrey say his sole responsibility is?

4. Which of the following people does NOT help Amos unload his things when he gets to Jaffrey?

5. What does Amos ask of the man he visits after he is shortchanged by a rude man at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that causes Amos to go home and write his will?

2. What does Amos hear on the mountain that he sees as a sign from God?

3. What is Amos's house in Jaffrey filled with during the first summer, and why?

4. What does Amos leave to Violet in his will?

5. What does Amos say to calm the worries of the person who greets him and his family when they get to Jaffrey?

6. Who first greets Amos when he gets to Jaffrey, and what is said?

7. What does Amos tell Violet when Violet says that Polly had been born free?

8. How does Amos spend his first summer in Jaffrey?

9. What is Amos most worried about when he moves to Jaffrey, and what gives him comfort in this worry?

10. What does the town do after refusing to support the Burdoos any longer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Freedom is a crucial theme and symbol in this book. How is this theme presented, and how does its place in this plot affect the main characters?

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