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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. Who is Benji Alston?
(a) A man who helped Mr. Highgate after he was shot.
(b) A man who gambled with the preacher.
(c) A slaver.
(d) A doctor.

2. What does a notice in the post office window in Chatham tell Elijah to do?
(a) Go home, the post office is closed.
(b) Go to the police station.
(c) Go to the post master's house.
(d) Go to the dry goods store.

3. How does Elijah frighten off the animal in chapter 21 that attacks him outside the stable?
(a) With a deep yell.
(b) With rocks.
(c) With a knife.
(d) With the pistol.

4. How does Mr. Leroy plan on getting to Michigan?
(a) By boat.
(b) By train.
(c) In a wagon.
(d) On a horse.

5. What does Mr. Leroy say he wants to do with the money Mrs. Holton gave him?
(a) Move to Toronto.
(b) Return to America.
(c) Buy a new horse.
(d) Buy his wife and children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Elijah to rewrite the statement for Mrs. Holton in chapter 15?

2. What concerns Elijah about the horse in chapter 20 he and Mr. Leroy are riding?

3. How much does Mrs. Holton give to Elijah for his help with work on her property?

4. Who does Mr. Leroy think Elijah is as he lies in the street dying in chapter 20?

5. Who injured Mr. Highgate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Emma Collins?

2. What is the subject of the meeting that takes place in chapter 18?

3. Who grabs Elijah as he is making his way to the meeting in chapter 18? For what reason?

4. What has Mrs. Taylor been giving her infant daughter that makes her afraid for the child? Why has she done this?

5. What happens to Mr. Leroy as he and Elijah prepare to go to East Lee stable in chapter 20?

6. Why do Cooter and Elijah rush to the schoolhouse in chapter 12?

7. Why does Elijah tell the villagers in chapter 20 that he has an aunt waiting for him close by?

8. What is among the supplies Elijah collects in chapter 19 for his trip to Michigan to help Mr. Leroy recover his money?

9. What is a haint? What does Elijah see in chapter 21 that he believes is a haint?

10. What do Elijah and Mr. Leroy learn when they arrive in village in Michigan where Mr. Highgate was shot?

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