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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 part of their own bodies does the preacher claim the animal Cooter and Elijah are tracking in chapter 1 often bite?
(a) Their tails.
(b) Their paws.
(c) Their bellies.
(d) Their tongues.

2. What is the set in Madame Sabbar's stage designed to look like?
(a) The rainforest of the Amazon.
(b) The woods of Buxton.
(c) The jungles of Sweden.
(d) The forest of Arkansas.

3. What does Elijah think scares away the small fish and attracts the big fish?
(a) The way the horseflies drown in the water.
(b) The way the horseflies fly above the water.
(c) The way the horseflies move on the water's surface.
(d) The way the horseflies dive bomb the water.

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

5. In a contest between Elijah throwing rocks and the preacher shooting his pistol, who wins?
(a) They tie.
(b) They decide not to keep score.
(c) The preacher.
(d) Elijah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Elijah's father told him that former slaves carry that other, freeborn people do not?

2. What kind of insect does the preacher claim in chapter 10 destroyed Abho's tribe?

3. Who chastises Elijah and Cooter in chapter 1 after they put a frog in the knitting of Elijah's mother?

4. What is Elijah told to throw stones at to demonstrate his skills in chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Elijah employ in his fishing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the basis of Madame Sabbar's act?

9. Who is Samuel? How does Samuel perform for Elijah and the preacher?

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

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