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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Highgate say happened to his own shotgun?
(a) Someone plugged the barrel.
(b) Someone stole the firing pin.
(c) Someone broke the trigger.
(d) Someone removed the shells.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Elijah use to blow his nose in chapter 11 instead of blowing it onto the ground?
(a) His hanky.
(b) His shirtsleeve.
(c) His shirttail.
(d) A leaf.

7. Why does Mrs. Holton think that Mrs. Freeman's master did not tell her mother they were taking her to Michigan when she was a child?
(a) She might have refused to let them take her.
(b) She might have insisted on going herself.
(c) She might have run off with her.
(d) She might have caused a rebellion amond the slaves.

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

9. What does the writing on the letter to Mrs. Holton tell Elijah the letter contains?
(a) Word of an approaching slave chaser.
(b) News of a loved one's death.
(c) A threat to return to slavery.
(d) News of friends left behind.

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

11. What does the refugee reveal he has been holding behind his back as Emma coaxed him out of the woods in chapter 11?
(a) A knife.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A pistol.

12. Who does Elijah believe Mr. Leroy wants to harm at the end of chapter 17?
(a) Mr. Highgate.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Mr. Jarvey.

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

14. To whom does Elijah write a letter before leaving with Mr. Leroy in chapter 19?
(a) Mrs. Bixby.
(b) Emma.
(c) Cooter.
(d) His parents.

15. What is Elijah helping Mr. Leroy to make for Mrs. Holton in chapter 15?
(a) A sign honoring her husband.
(b) A sign for her bakery.
(c) A gate for her front yard.
(d) A pillar for her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Mr. Leroy that Elijah is not as smart as Emma Collins?

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

3. How long does it take Elijah to rewrite the statement for Mrs. Holton in chapter 15?

4. Why does Elijah go into Chatham in chapter 13?

5. Who does Emma disrespectfully speak to before speaking to Elijah, as noted in chapter 10?

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