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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Emma disrespectfully speak to before speaking to Elijah, as noted in chapter 10?
(a) A mule.
(b) The grownups.
(c) Cooter.
(d) The wall.

2. What does the refugee girl seem to think Emma is in chapter 11?
(a) A haint.
(b) A celebrity.
(c) A conjurer.
(d) A monster.

3. What type of animal does the preacher claim Elijah and Cooter are tracking in chapter 1?
(a) A rabid bear.
(b) A hoop snake.
(c) A wild injun dog.
(d) A snipe bird.

4. What things does MaWee do for the carnival that he thinks Elijah has come to replace him at in chapter 10?
(a) Cooking in the mess tent.
(b) Cleaning and working Madame Sabbar's show.
(c) Caring for the animals.
(d) Selling souvenirs.

5. Why does Elijah's father instruct Cooter to go get Emma in chapter 11?
(a) To bring them some water.
(b) To help with the work.
(c) To help Elijah's mother with lunch.
(d) To help coax the new refugees out of the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Mr. Leroy work?

2. What does Mr. Leroy say Elijah is doing by using a derogatory term to address himself and his classmates?

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

4. Who lives next door to Mrs. Holton in Buxton?

5. Why does Elijah like to sit in the middle of the buckboard?

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