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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elijah say the other students must have found in chapter 10?
(a) A dead animal.
(b) A strange animal.
(c) A new refugee from slavery.
(d) A dead body.

2. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Second person.
(b) Limited omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person.

3. What does Elijah's father say to the new refugees as they grow accustomed to the idea of being free in chapter 11?
(a) He explains what will happen to them next.
(b) He lectures them on the rules of Buxton.
(c) He points out the beauty of the sky and land.
(d) He tells them his story of escape from slavery.

4. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?
(a) The burden of hard work.
(b) An understanding of God's grace.
(c) A sense of self respect.
(d) Horrific mental scars.

5. For whom does Mr. Leroy work?
(a) Elijah's father.
(b) Mrs. Brown.
(c) Mr. Taylor.
(d) Mrs. Holton.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mr. Leroy promise Elijah he will be back home?

2. How many times does Elijah realize they must ring the Liberty Bell with the arrival of a new family in chapter 12?

3. What excuse does Elijah's mother make for the bad jokes Mr. Segee makes?

4. What tribe does the preacher suggest Elijah was once a member of in chapter 10?

5. What does Cooter express as odd as he and Elijah wait outside the school on Monday morning in chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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