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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 did Mr. Tillman accuse Mr. Holton of stealing, precipitating the beating that ended his life?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

2. What is Mr. Leroy wearing in chapter 19?
(a) A fancy leather belt.
(b) The preacher's gun.
(c) A backpack.
(d) A long butcher's knife.

3. What did Frederick Douglass say the second hardest step to take toward freedom is?
(a) The first.
(b) The last.
(c) Making the decision.
(d) Deciding where to go.

4. Who sees the people hiding in the woods first in chapter 11?
(a) Cooter.
(b) Emma.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Elijah's dad.

5. What is Elijah helping Mr. Leroy to make for Mrs. Holton in chapter 15?
(a) A sign honoring her husband.
(b) A gate for her front yard.
(c) A pillar for her house.
(d) A sign for her bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do the kids decide to play once they reach the beach in chapter 14?

2. Where do Elijah and Cooter run to in the beginning of chapter 12?

3. What reason does Elijah give to Mr. Leroy why he has to return by Saturday?

4. What does the writing on the letter to Mrs. Holton tell Elijah the letter contains?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 14, where does the community of Buxton spend their Sunday afternoon?

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

3. For what reason does Mr. Leroy want to go to Michigan? Why does he want to take Elijah?

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

5. Whom do the Duncan sisters believe Mrs. Taylor is? For what reason?

6. To whom does Mr. Leroy go to ask for help in buying his family's freedom from slavery?

7. Who are the Taylors? Why have they come to Buxton?

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

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

10. What happened to Mr. Highgate? For what reason? How did he get back to Buxton?

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