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

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

3. How many times do the people of Buxton ring the Liberty Bell when a new refugee arrives?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

4. How long after Elijah was Emma born?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Two days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the refugee reveal he has been holding behind his back as Emma coaxed him out of the woods in chapter 11?

3. In what shape is the scar on Mrs. Taylor's back that the Miss Duncans say proves she is their sister, Alice?

4. What does Mr. Highgate say that the preacher did with his old rusty pistol?

5. What does Elijah regret drinking in the beginning of chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What gift does Mrs. Holton make to Mr. Leroy in chapter 15? For what purpose?

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

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

7. What is significant about Emma Collins?

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

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

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

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