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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Elijah to have to return to Mr. Segee's in chapter 13 to trade Flapjack for a horse?
(a) Flapjack is moving too slow.
(b) Flapjack injured his leg.
(c) Mr. Polite.
(d) Mr. Leroy.

2. Who tells Elijah of Mr. Highgate's injuries in chapter 17?
(a) Cooter.
(b) Emma.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mrs. Highgate.

3. How much does Mrs. Holton give to Elijah for his help with work on her property?
(a) A dime.
(b) A dollar.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A nickel.

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

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

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

7. When does Mr. Leroy promise Elijah he will be back home?
(a) The next day.
(b) A week.
(c) A month.
(d) Never.

8. What does a notice in the post office window in Chatham tell Elijah to do?
(a) Go to the post master's house.
(b) Go to the dry goods store.
(c) Go home, the post office is closed.
(d) Go to the police station.

9. Why does Elijah prefer to ride mules, as he discusses in chapter 20?
(a) They are not as bumpy.
(b) They are smarter.
(c) They are slower.
(d) They are gentler animals.

10. Who is Benji Alston?
(a) A man who helped Mr. Highgate after he was shot.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A man who gambled with the preacher.
(d) A slaver.

11. What did Mr. Leroy call the preacher that Elijah continues to think of him as in chapter 21?
(a) Robber of hope.
(b) An abomination.
(c) The thief of hearts.
(d) The stealer of dreams.

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

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

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

15. Where does the ferry let Mr. Leroy and Elijah off at in chapter 20?
(a) Battle Creek.
(b) Lansing.
(c) Ann Arbor.
(d) Detroit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah learn has happened to the postman in Chatham in chapter 13?

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

3. Who normally preaches in Buxton on Sunday mornings?

4. How do the villagers think the preacher won so much money from them as they explain it in chapter 20?

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

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