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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Leroy say he wants to do with the money Mrs. Holton gave him?
(a) Return to America.
(b) Move to Toronto.
(c) Buy his wife and children.
(d) Buy a new horse.

2. How does Mr. Leroy plan on getting to Michigan?
(a) By train.
(b) In a wagon.
(c) By boat.
(d) On a horse.

3. Who sees the people hiding in the woods first in chapter 11?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Cooter.
(c) Elijah's dad.
(d) Emma.

4. For what reason is Cooter being punished again in chapter 18?
(a) He did not eat his dinner.
(b) He has been acting up in school.
(c) He stole some cookies.
(d) He talked back to his mother.

5. Who gave the Liberty Bell to Buxton as inscribed on the bell?
(a) The original fifteen inhabitants of Buxton.
(b) The governor of Ontario.
(c) The town of Chatham.
(d) The colored inhabitants of Pittsburgh.

6. Why does Elijah like to sit in the middle of the buckboard?
(a) To avoid falling off.
(b) To be with his friends.
(c) To be far from the plow horse.
(d) To hear good gossip.

7. What did Frederick Douglass say the second hardest step to take toward freedom is?
(a) Deciding where to go.
(b) The last.
(c) The first.
(d) Making the decision.

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

9. What attacks Elijah as he approaches the stable where the preacher is supposed to be gambling in chapter 21?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A mountain lion.
(d) A boar.

10. Who tells Mr. Leroy that Elijah is not as smart as Emma Collins?
(a) Mr. Segee.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Mrs. Holton.
(d) Mr. Polite.

11. What promise does Elijah make to Mr. Leroy at the end of chapter 20?
(a) That he will free Mr. Leroy's family.
(b) That he will continue to look for the preacher to kill him.
(c) That he will steal the preacher's money.
(d) That he will return home safely.

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

13. How does Elijah frighten off the animal in chapter 21 that attacks him outside the stable?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With the pistol.
(c) With rocks.
(d) With a deep yell.

14. What does Mr. Leroy say in chapter 16 in response to Mr. Freeman's warnings about the preacher?
(a) That he trusts the preacher.
(b) That he cannot imagine a man of God would cheat him.
(c) That sometimes you have to have faith.
(d) That it is his only option.

15. In what shape is the scar on Mrs. Taylor's back that the Miss Duncans say proves she is their sister, Alice?
(a) A moon.
(b) A square.
(c) A circle.
(d) A heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Highgate say that the preacher did with his old rusty pistol?

2. How many passes in chapter 17 before the people of Buxton learn of Mr. Highgate's injuries?

3. Where does Elijah meet Mr. Leroy and Mr. Polite in the beginning of chapter 15?

4. What does Elijah tell Mrs. Bixby he will be doing until late the following day in chapter 19?

5. Who finds Elijah in the woods in chapter 18?

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