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

2. What is the creed of Buxton settlement?
(a) One working for others to be free.
(b) One helping to uplift all.
(c) It only takes one.
(d) One free releases them all.

3. Who offers to take several of Elijah's fish to relieve him of his burden in chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Waller.
(b) Mr. Leroy.
(c) Mrs. Brown.
(d) Miss Duncan.

4. What type of animal does the preacher claim Elijah and Cooter are tracking in chapter 1?
(a) A rabid bear.
(b) A snipe bird.
(c) A hoop snake.
(d) A wild injun dog.

5. Where did Cooter see Mr. Travis on the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?
(a) The community eating pavilion.
(b) Church.
(c) The sawmill.
(d) The dry goods store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of their own bodies does the preacher claim the animal Cooter and Elijah are tracking in chapter 1 often bite?

2. What does Elijah think in chapter 6 will happen to Mr. Travis after he teaches the students about a family breeding contest?

3. How did Mr. Travis behave, in Cooter's opinion, when they met the Saturday before the opening of chapter 6?

4. What weapon does Madame Sabbar use in her act in chapter 8?

5. On what day does chapter 3 take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Frederick Douglass?

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

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

8. What is important about the settlement of Buxton?

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

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

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