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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 does Elijah tell Mrs. Bixby he will be doing until late the following day in chapter 19?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Working for Mr. Segee.
(c) Working with Mr. Leroy.
(d) Helping Mr. Leroy buy supplies in Chatham.

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

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

4. When does Mr. Leroy promise Elijah he will be back home?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) Never.
(d) The next day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah learn has happened to the postman in Chatham in chapter 13?

2. What did Mr. Leroy call the preacher that Elijah continues to think of him as in chapter 21?

3. Why does Elijah think that Mr. Leroy wants to kill him in chapter 18?

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

5. What does a notice in the post office window in Chatham tell Elijah to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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