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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. What is tithing?
(a) A tip for the local preacher.
(b) A type of hymnal.
(c) A financial donation to the church.
(d) A type of prayer.

2. Why does Mr. Leroy never eat until late in the day according to Elijah in chapter 5?
(a) He preferred to take his meals alone.
(b) He always worked later than everyone else.
(c) He always waited for Elijah to bring him his meals.
(d) He never left his office till dark.

3. Who is Elijah surprised to find the other students surrounding in chapter 10?
(a) MaWee.
(b) The conjure man.
(c) The mesmerist.
(d) Samuel.

4. Who does Elijah's mother tell him dies a thousand deaths in chapter 1?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Indians.

5. What does the preacher always tote as mentioned by Elijah in chapter 1?
(a) A fancy wallet.
(b) A mystery pistol and holder.
(c) A fancy hat.
(d) A mystery lasso and shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Mr. Leroy's daughter?

2. What does Elijah think scares away the small fish and attracts the big fish?

3. Who lives next door to Mrs. Holton in Buxton?

4. What is unusual, in Elijah's mind, about the way Mr. Leroy eats fish?

5. What does Elijah think smoking has done to Samuel's body as he watches him undress in chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is meant by the expression familiarity breeds contempt?

3. Who is Frederick Douglass?

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

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

6. What does Mr. Leroy show Elijah in chapter 7? What is the significance about these things?

7. Who teaches Elijah to shoot a gun? For what reason?

8. Who convinces Elijah to sneak out and go to the carnival? For what reasons?

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

10. What does Elijah imagine as he catches horseflies in the stable?

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