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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 excuse does Elijah's mother make for the bad jokes Mr. Segee makes?
(a) He drinks too much.
(b) He was dropped on his head as a child.
(c) He is from Mississippi.
(d) He is old.

2. What did Elijah once overhear his father call the preacher?
(a) An abomination to the name of the Lord.
(b) A trickster.
(c) A con man.
(d) A jackleg man of the Lord.

3. What does Cooter express as odd as he and Elijah wait outside the school on Monday morning in chapter 10?
(a) There are too many grownups.
(b) The grownups seem excited about something.
(c) There is no one else there.
(d) There are strange kids hanging around.

4. What does Mr. Leroy say his son's name is in chapter 7?
(a) Adam.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Jebediah.
(d) Ezekial.

5. What does Elijah think smoking has done to Samuel's body as he watches him undress in chapter 9?
(a) Made his skin turn yellow.
(b) Made him skinny and sickly.
(c) Made his skin a healthy shade of brown.
(d) Made him strong and confident.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What lesson was the class in the middle of in chapter 4 when the children were escorted home in small groups?

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

4. Where do many of the people of Buxton take their meals, as explained in chapter 5?

5. On what day does chapter 1 take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who suddenly appears in Buxton with a fancy new gun in chapter 4?

5. Why does Elijah divide his secret pond into two parts? What does he do there?

6. What does Elijah's mother cook better than she bakes?

7. Who comes to live in Buxton at the end of chapter 10? For what reason?

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

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

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

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