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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MaWee ask Elijah to read to him in chapter 10?
(a) A letter his mother sent him.
(b) A contract he signed with the owner of the carnival.
(c) A passage from the Bible.
(d) A sign for Madame Sabbar's show.

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

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

4. Who first showed Elijah the lake where he fishes and swims?
(a) The preacher.
(b) Mr. Leroy.
(c) Mr. Segee.
(d) Old Flapjack.

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

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

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

8. What does Elijah's family use their parlor for, as explained in chapter 5?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

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

10. What does Cooter express as odd as he and Elijah wait outside the school on Monday morning in chapter 10?
(a) The grownups seem excited about something.
(b) There are strange kids hanging around.
(c) There are too many grownups.
(d) There is no one else there.

11. What kind of insect does the preacher claim in chapter 10 destroyed Abho's tribe?
(a) Bama bee.
(b) Mosquitos.
(c) Horsefly.
(d) Cicadas.

12. Why does Philip Wise tell the children that Frederick Douglass refuses to come back to Buxton in chapter 4?
(a) He does not like eating the food served in Buxton.
(b) He does not approve of the way the people of Buxton share their school with whites.
(c) He does not want to be thrown up on again.
(d) He does not want to see Elijah again.

13. Where does Flapjack spend all his time while Elijah fishes in chapter 3?
(a) The blackberry bushes.
(b) The stable.
(c) Lying on the beach.
(d) The water.

14. What does Elijah's mother tell him at the end of chapter 2 that leaves him confused?
(a) To respect all adults except the preacher.
(b) To trust in something he cannot see.
(c) To ignore his own instincts.
(d) To disregard things adults have told him.

15. What story is Elijah telling Mr. Leroy in chapter 7?
(a) The one of Cooter and Mr. Travis.
(b) One about Old Flapjack.
(c) One of Mrs. Holton's savings to buy her husband.
(d) One about his mother's fear of toads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Elijah's mother make for the bad jokes Mr. Segee makes?

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

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

4. What is the full title of the carnival that is coming to Chatham?

5. In what country does Elijah live with his family?

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