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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Leroy say in chapter 16 in response to Mr. Freeman's warnings about the preacher?
(a) That sometimes you have to have faith.
(b) That he cannot imagine a man of God would cheat him.
(c) That it is his only option.
(d) That he trusts the preacher.

2. What does Mr. Travis hit the top of his desk with in chapter 6?
(a) His belt.
(b) His pointing stick.
(c) His hand.
(d) His ruler.

3. Who sees the people hiding in the woods first in chapter 11?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Emma.
(c) Cooter.
(d) Elijah's dad.

4. How many passes in chapter 17 before the people of Buxton learn of Mr. Highgate's injuries?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

5. What does Mr. Leroy do in the beginning of chapter 16 that he feels he must apologize for?
(a) Hit Elijah.
(b) Cursed.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Highgate say happened to his own shotgun?

2. What did Frederick Douglass say the second hardest step to take toward freedom is?

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

4. Why does Elijah dislike the fact that Mr. Travis teaches both school and Sunday school?

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

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