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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horseflies does the preacher tell everyone lives in Buxton?
(a) The best eating ones.
(b) The least annoying ones.
(c) The noisiest ones.
(d) The biggest and most onery ones.

2. Who does Elijah's mother tell him dies a thousand deaths in chapter 1?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Indians.

3. What does Elijah think scares away the small fish and attracts the big fish?
(a) The way the horseflies fly above the water.
(b) The way the horseflies drown in the water.
(c) The way the horseflies move on the water's surface.
(d) The way the horseflies dive bomb the water.

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

5. What term does Elijah's mother use for exaggeration in story telling in chapter 2?
(a) Beefing up.
(b) Prettying up.
(c) Embellishment.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chastises Elijah and Cooter in chapter 1 after they put a frog in the knitting of Elijah's mother?

2. What is the point of view of this novel?

3. What kind of food did Frederick Douglass compare Elijah's birth to in chapter 2?

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

5. What is the creed of Buxton settlement?

(see the answer key)

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