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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Mr. Leroy's daughter?
(a) She was beaten to death.
(b) She was sold.
(c) She died in infancy.
(d) She was married to an Indian.

2. What is the set in Madame Sabbar's stage designed to look like?
(a) The rainforest of the Amazon.
(b) The forest of Arkansas.
(c) The jungles of Sweden.
(d) The woods of Buxton.

3. What is Mr. Leroy's scar on his chest in the shape of?
(a) A letter T.
(b) A ranch's brand.
(c) A letter S.
(d) A cross.

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

5. What does Elijah say the other students must have found in chapter 10?
(a) A dead animal.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A new refugee from slavery.
(d) A strange animal.

6. What kind of cookies does Elijah's mother tell him Mrs. Brown baked for him in chapter 1?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Walnut and sugar cookies.
(c) Gingerbread cookies.
(d) Brownie cookies.

7. What is Elijah's symbolic last name?
(a) Freeson.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Freeman.
(d) Freejack.

8. Who warns Elijah in the beginning of chapter 8 of the preacher's presence?
(a) The barn cat.
(b) Old Flapjack.
(c) Mr. Leroy.
(d) Mr. Segee.

9. What does Mr. Travis hit the top of his desk with in chapter 6?
(a) His belt.
(b) His hand.
(c) His pointing stick.
(d) His ruler.

10. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?
(a) An understanding of God's grace.
(b) The burden of hard work.
(c) A sense of self respect.
(d) Horrific mental scars.

11. What does Mr. Travis ask the class each morning as he begins the days lessons?
(a) Are you ready to prepare for your futures?
(b) Are you ready to learn, are you ready to grow?
(c) Are you ready to learn, ready to increase your knowledge?
(d) Are you ready to expand your horizons?

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

13. How many bears did Elijah picture in the woods around Buxton due to his father's strict warnings about the area?
(a) So few a small group of men could kill them all.
(b) So many they blocked the light from passing through the trees.
(c) So many he would trip over them as he walked through the trees.
(d) Not enough to piece together a single fur coat.

14. Who is John Brown?
(a) A slave owner.
(b) A politician.
(c) An abolitionist.
(d) A preacher.

15. Who told Elijah that swearing was a mistake you can't take back?
(a) Mr. Douglass.
(b) Mr. Leroy.
(c) Mr. Travis.
(d) Mr. Brown.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. In which direction does the preacher insist on going to look for the slave catchers in chapter 4?

5. What part of their own bodies does the preacher claim the animal Cooter and Elijah are tracking in chapter 1 often bite?

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