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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Elijah say he thinks Mr. Leroy must be a good listener in chapter 7?
(a) He does not talk much.
(b) He is kind and gentle.
(c) He does not express many opinions.
(d) He has lots of friends.

2. What kind of cookies does Elijah's mother tell him Mrs. Brown baked for him in chapter 1?
(a) Gingerbread cookies.
(b) Walnut and sugar cookies.
(c) Brownie cookies.
(d) Chocolate chip cookies.

3. How did Mr. Travis behave, in Cooter's opinion, when they met the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?
(a) Kind and gentle.
(b) Increasingly upset about something.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Friendly.

4. Who does Mr. Leroy tell Elijah in chapter 7 cut off his little finger of his left hand?
(a) A white slave owner.
(b) An Indian.
(c) An overseer.
(d) A slave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah tell the reader in chapter 5 his mother does not cook well?

2. What does Mr. Leroy say Elijah is doing by using a derogatory term to address himself and his classmates?

3. How long ago does Charles Mondial Vaughn say he was knighted in chapter 10?

4. Who is Elijah surprised to find the other students surrounding in chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was MaWee replaced by a local white child in Madame Sabbar's act?

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

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

4. What does Elijah use as bait to catch his fish?

5. What method does Elijah employ in his fishing?

6. Why does Elijah begin to use a derogatory word in chapter 7? How does Mr. Leroy react?

7. What is Elijah afraid of? For what reason?

8. What does Elijah plan to do with fish he has caught? Who talks him out of four of his fish?

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

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

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