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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 causes Elijah to have to return to Mr. Segee's in chapter 13 to trade Flapjack for a horse?
(a) Flapjack injured his leg.
(b) Mr. Polite.
(c) Flapjack is moving too slow.
(d) Mr. Leroy.

2. 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 the pistol.
(d) With a deep yell.

3. Why does Elijah like to sit in the middle of the buckboard?
(a) To hear good gossip.
(b) To be with his friends.
(c) To avoid falling off.
(d) To be far from the plow horse.

4. What promise does Elijah make to Mr. Leroy at the end of chapter 20?
(a) That he will continue to look for the preacher to kill him.
(b) That he will return home safely.
(c) That he will steal the preacher's money.
(d) That he will free Mr. Leroy's family.

5. What does the refugee woman have tied to her back that Elijah recognizes when she steps out of the woods in chapter 11?
(a) Their food.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) The family pet.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frederick Douglass say the second hardest step to take toward freedom is?

2. Why does Elijah go into Chatham in chapter 13?

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 a notice in the post office window in Chatham tell Elijah to do?

5. What does Elijah tell Mrs. Bixby he will be doing until late the following day in chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is significant about Emma Collins?

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

8. 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?

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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