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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Elijah consider in chapter 3 missing some of the targets the preacher wants him to hit?
(a) He does not want the preacher to know how good he is.
(b) He does not want to seem too perfect in case the preacher accused him of conjuring.
(c) He does not want the preacher to tell his mother he can throw rocks so accurately.
(d) He does not want the preacher to tell everyone in town how good he is.

2. What part of their own bodies does the preacher claim the animal Cooter and Elijah are tracking in chapter 1 often bite?
(a) Their tails.
(b) Their paws.
(c) Their tongues.
(d) Their bellies.

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

4. Which type of animal does Elijah claim he prefers to ride in chapter 3?
(a) A bull.
(b) A horse.
(c) A mule.
(d) An ox.

5. For whom did Mr. Leroy build a house all by himself?
(a) Mrs. Holton.
(b) Miss Duncan.
(c) Mrs. Johnson.
(d) Mrs. Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fruit does Elijah's mother ask him to pick in chapter 2?

2. What is unusual, in Elijah's mind, about the way Mr. Leroy eats fish?

3. In what two parts does Elijah separate his chores?

4. What does Elijah say in chapter 3 the preacher likes to do when he is talking?

5. Why does Philip Wise tell the children that Frederick Douglass refuses to come back to Buxton in chapter 4?

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