View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the refugee reveal he has been holding behind his back as Emma coaxed him out of the woods in chapter 11?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A knife.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A scythe.

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

3. Who was the Liberty Bell presented to as engraved on the bell?
(a) The Freemans.
(b) Reverend King.
(c) Mr. Brown.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

4. What does Elijah's father say to the new refugees as they grow accustomed to the idea of being free in chapter 11?
(a) He explains what will happen to them next.
(b) He tells them his story of escape from slavery.
(c) He lectures them on the rules of Buxton.
(d) He points out the beauty of the sky and land.

5. Why does Elijah think that they should not have church on Sundays?
(a) They praise God everyday, not just Sunday.
(b) It bores him.
(c) It is supposed to be a day of rest.
(d) He and his family should be allowed to sleep in.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times do the people of Buxton ring the Liberty Bell when a new refugee arrives?

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

3. Who tells Mr. Leroy that Elijah is not as smart as Emma Collins?

4. What does the refugee girl seem to think Emma is in chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Elijah's father not trust the preacher to take Mr. Leroy's money and arrange for the purchase of his family?

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

7. How does Elijah's mother relate that her own mother reacted to the news she had gone to Canada with their white masters?

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

9. Who reads the letter to Mrs. Holton in chapter 13? For what reason?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 847 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample