View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?
(a) An understanding of God's grace.
(b) The burden of hard work.
(c) A sense of self respect.
(d) Horrific mental scars.

2. What is the point of view of this novel?
(a) Limited omniscient.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

3. What weapon does Madame Sabbar use in her act in chapter 8?
(a) Knives.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Slingshot.
(d) Guns.

4. Who does Cooter point out in chapter 6 have not been checking up on Mr. Travis?
(a) The local mayor.
(b) The local bishop.
(c) The school board.
(d) The grownups.

5. What does Elijah see wandering out of the woods in chapter 4 two days after the scare of the approaching slave catchers?
(a) A grey mule.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A bloody man.
(d) A white horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Elijah drag into the house upon arriving in chapter 1 in order to protect them from the strange animal he and Cooter were tracking?

3. Who told Elijah that swearing was a mistake you can't take back?

4. What type of animal does the preacher claim Elijah and Cooter are tracking in chapter 1?

5. What does Elijah say the other students must have found in chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Elijah trade for a cherry pie? What does he trade?

2. Why does Elijah feel as though the entire settlement of Buxton believes him to be fragile?

3. To whom did the preacher try to sell Elijah? For what purpose?

4. Why does MaWee think that Elijah will replace him in the carnival?

5. Why do Elijah and his friend, Cooter, begin tracking a snake one afternoon?

6. Who is Frederick Douglass?

7. To whom does the preacher introduce Elijah to? For what purpose?

8. What do Cooter and Elijah hide in the knitting belonging to Elijah's mother?

9. What is important about the settlement of Buxton?

10. What tragedy does Elijah describe from Mrs. Brown's recent past?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 669 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample