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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What languages does Elijah claim to be able to speak in chapter 10?
(a) Spanish and Greek.
(b) French and Greek.
(c) Spanish and Latin.
(d) Greek and Latin.

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

4. Who lives next door to Mrs. Holton in Buxton?
(a) Mr. Leroy.
(b) Mrs. Highgate.
(c) Miss Duncan.
(d) Mrs. Brown.

5. For whom did Mr. Leroy build a house all by himself?
(a) Mrs. Holton.
(b) Mrs. Brown.
(c) Miss Duncan.
(d) Mrs. Johnson.

6. What does one of the farmer's in line for Madame Sabbar's show insist is wrong with the barker's claims about her skills?
(a) There are no tigers in Canada.
(b) There are no lions in Canada.
(c) There are no tigers in Sweden.
(d) There are no lions in Sweden.

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

8. Why does Elijah dislike the fact that Mr. Travis teaches both school and Sunday school?
(a) He dislikes studying the Bible.
(b) He cannot play pranks on Mr. Travis.
(c) He dislikes studying math in Latin.
(d) He cannot fool him into thinking he is sensical.

9. What does Mr. Leroy say Elijah is doing by using a derogatory term to address himself and his classmates?
(a) Placing them back in the category of slave.
(b) Showing his own intelligence.
(c) Keeping the hate alive.
(d) Degrading their intelligence.

10. Where did Cooter see Mr. Travis on the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?
(a) The community eating pavilion.
(b) Church.
(c) The dry goods store.
(d) The sawmill.

11. What does Elijah notice about the mesmerist's eyes the upset him in chapter 9?
(a) He has three sets of eyes.
(b) His eyes are a strange color.
(c) His eyes seem to see nothing.
(d) He has two sets of eyes.

12. Which type of animal does Elijah claim he prefers to ride in chapter 3?
(a) A horse.
(b) An ox.
(c) A mule.
(d) A bull.

13. What did Elijah once overhear his father call the preacher?
(a) A jackleg man of the Lord.
(b) A con man.
(c) A trickster.
(d) An abomination to the name of the Lord.

14. What does Elijah tell the reader in chapter 5 his mother does not cook well?
(a) Fish and vegetables.
(b) Everything.
(c) Cakes, pies, and cookies.
(d) Beef and potatoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food did Frederick Douglass compare Elijah's birth to in chapter 2?

2. What does Elijah's mother tell him at the end of chapter 2 that leaves him confused?

3. How did Mr. Travis behave, in Cooter's opinion, when they met the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?

4. What tribe does the preacher suggest Elijah was once a member of in chapter 10?

5. Who first showed Elijah the lake where he fishes and swims?

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