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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Elijah say shares the classroom with the black children of Buxton in chapter 4?
(a) French and Indian children.
(b) White and Chinese children.
(c) French and white children.
(d) Indian and white children.

3. What does Elijah see wandering out of the woods in chapter 4 two days after the scare of the approaching slave catchers?
(a) A grey mule.
(b) A bloody man.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A white horse.

4. In which direction does the preacher insist on going to look for the slave catchers in chapter 4?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

5. In what two parts does Elijah separate his chores?
(a) Working and enjoying parts.
(b) Enjoying and unfortunate parts.
(c) Enjoying and hating parts.
(d) Working and playing parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lesson was the class in the middle of in chapter 4 when the children were escorted home in small groups?

2. Where do many of the people of Buxton take their meals, as explained in chapter 5?

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

4. What does Mr. Leroy say his son's name is in chapter 7?

5. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?

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