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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Elijah once overhear his father call the preacher?
(a) A trickster.
(b) An abomination to the name of the Lord.
(c) A jackleg man of the Lord.
(d) A con man.

2. What is shooting out of the eyes of the white man in the poster that Elijah sees in chapter 9 and says will haunt him all his life?
(a) Pinwheels.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Lightening bolts.
(d) Laser beams.

3. Why does Philip Wise tell the children that Frederick Douglass refuses to come back to Buxton in chapter 4?
(a) He does not want to see Elijah again.
(b) He does not approve of the way the people of Buxton share their school with whites.
(c) He does not like eating the food served in Buxton.
(d) He does not want to be thrown up on again.

4. What does Elijah think smoking has done to Samuel's body as he watches him undress in chapter 9?
(a) Made his skin turn yellow.
(b) Made him strong and confident.
(c) Made his skin a healthy shade of brown.
(d) Made him skinny and sickly.

5. Who was the Liberty Bell presented to as engraved on the bell?
(a) The Freemans.
(b) Reverend King.
(c) Mr. Brown.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MaWee ask Elijah to read to him in chapter 10?

2. Who first showed Elijah the lake where he fishes and swims?

3. Why does Elijah set aside two of his newly caught fist for Mrs. Brown in chapter 3?

4. What things does MaWee do for the carnival that he thinks Elijah has come to replace him at in chapter 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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