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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Travis ask the class each morning as he begins the days lessons?
(a) Are you ready to prepare for your futures?
(b) Are you ready to learn, ready to increase your knowledge?
(c) Are you ready to expand your horizons?
(d) Are you ready to learn, are you ready to grow?

2. What does Mr. Leroy say Elijah is doing by using a derogatory term to address himself and his classmates?
(a) Degrading their intelligence.
(b) Keeping the hate alive.
(c) Showing his own intelligence.
(d) Placing them back in the category of slave.

3. What are Cooter and Elijah looking at in chapter 1 when the preacher comes upon them?
(a) Bird tracks.
(b) Bear tracks.
(c) Snake tracks.
(d) Dog tracks.

4. Who does Mr. Leroy tell Elijah in chapter 7 cut off his little finger of his left hand?
(a) An overseer.
(b) A slave.
(c) A white slave owner.
(d) An Indian.

5. What does the preacher always tote as mentioned by Elijah in chapter 1?
(a) A mystery pistol and holder.
(b) A mystery lasso and shotgun.
(c) A fancy wallet.
(d) A fancy hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to take several of Elijah's fish to relieve him of his burden in chapter 5?

2. What does Elijah see wandering out of the woods in chapter 4 two days after the scare of the approaching slave catchers?

3. What does Elijah tell the reader in chapter 5 his mother does not cook well?

4. Where did the preacher tell people he got the fancy pistol he carries on his hip, as Elijah explains it in chapter 4?

5. What type of animal does the preacher claim Elijah and Cooter are tracking in chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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