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

2. What is the creed of Buxton settlement?
(a) One free releases them all.
(b) One helping to uplift all.
(c) One working for others to be free.
(d) It only takes one.

3. What does Elijah say in chapter 3 the preacher likes to do when he is talking?
(a) Eat.
(b) Stamp his feet.
(c) Wave his arms around.
(d) Spit.

4. Who does Elijah drag into the house upon arriving in chapter 1 in order to protect them from the strange animal he and Cooter were tracking?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mrs. Brown.
(c) His father.
(d) Mrs. Holton.

5. What does the mesmerist do after Samuel leaves the stage in chapter 9 that Elijah finds less impressive?
(a) Hypnotizes members of the audience.
(b) Attempts to conjure a rabbit out of a hat.
(c) Hypnotizes the preacher.
(d) Does a juggling act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mr. Leroy's daughter?

2. Why does Elijah's mother warn him not to stay out too late in chapter 5?

3. What is tithing?

4. On what day does chapter 1 take place?

5. Where did Cooter see Mr. Travis on the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?

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