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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. How do the villagers think the preacher won so much money from them as they explain it in chapter 20?
(a) He was using some kind of system.
(b) He could read their bluffs well.
(c) He cheated.
(d) He had good luck.

2. Who does Emma disrespectfully speak to before speaking to Elijah, as noted in chapter 10?
(a) Cooter.
(b) The grownups.
(c) The wall.
(d) A mule.

3. Why does Elijah refrain from speaking to the refugee boy in chapter 11?
(a) He does not like him.
(b) He is more interested in the refugee girl.
(c) He does not want to embarass him.
(d) He has nothing in common with him.

4. To whom does Elijah write a letter before leaving with Mr. Leroy in chapter 19?
(a) Emma.
(b) His parents.
(c) Mrs. Bixby.
(d) Cooter.

5. Who gave the Liberty Bell to Buxton as inscribed on the bell?
(a) The original fifteen inhabitants of Buxton.
(b) The colored inhabitants of Pittsburgh.
(c) The governor of Ontario.
(d) The town of Chatham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Elijah ashamed of about himself as he and his father walk out of the woods in chapter 18?

2. Who sees the people hiding in the woods first in chapter 11?

3. What does Elijah use to blow his nose in chapter 11 instead of blowing it onto the ground?

4. What promise does Elijah make to Mr. Leroy at the end of chapter 20?

5. How many times does Elijah realize they must ring the Liberty Bell with the arrival of a new family in chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Elijah tell Mr. Leroy about the preacher in chapter 16 that later leaves him feeling guilty and afraid for his life in chapter 17?

6. What is significant about Emma Collins?

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

8. What does Emma give to the Taylor's older daughter? For what reason?

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

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

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