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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. Who tells Elijah of Mr. Highgate's injuries in chapter 17?
(a) Mrs. Highgate.
(b) Cooter.
(c) Emma.
(d) His mother.
2. Who tells Mr. Leroy that Elijah is not as smart as Emma Collins?
(a) Mr. Segee.
(b) Mr. Polite.
(c) Mrs. Holton.
(d) The preacher.
3. What does the preacher say his friend John Jarvey will do to help Mr. Leroy in chapter 16?
(a) Buy Mr. Leroy's family and bring them to Michigan.
(b) Ask his abolitionist friends to help Mr. Leroy's family escape.
(c) Bring Mr. Leroy safely to his family.
(d) Provide a safe hiding place for Mr. Leroy's runaway family.
4. Why does Elijah go into Chatham in chapter 13?
(a) To pick up a package for a neighbor.
(b) To visit his friend.
(c) To buy groceries for his mother.
(d) To check on the mail.
5. What causes Elijah to have to return to Mr. Segee's in chapter 13 to trade Flapjack for a horse?
(a) Mr. Polite.
(b) Mr. Leroy.
(c) Flapjack is moving too slow.
(d) Flapjack injured his leg.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Elijah like to sit in the middle of the buckboard?
2. What did Mr. Leroy call the preacher that Elijah continues to think of him as in chapter 21?
3. What does Elijah's father say to the new refugees as they grow accustomed to the idea of being free in chapter 11?
4. When does Mr. Leroy promise Elijah he will be back home?
5. For what reason is Cooter being punished again in chapter 18?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Elijah's father not trust the preacher to take Mr. Leroy's money and arrange for the purchase of his family?
2. Why does Elijah tell the villagers in chapter 20 that he has an aunt waiting for him close by?
3. What is the subject of the meeting that takes place in chapter 18?
4. What happened to Mr. Highgate? For what reason? How did he get back to Buxton?
5. What has Mrs. Taylor been giving her infant daughter that makes her afraid for the child? Why has she done this?
6. What is significant about Emma Collins?
7. To whom does Mr. Leroy go to ask for help in buying his family's freedom from slavery?
8. From whom does Mrs. Holton receive a letter? What does this letter say?
9. Whom do the Duncan sisters believe Mrs. Taylor is? For what reason?
10. How does Elijah's mother relate that her own mother reacted to the news she had gone to Canada with their white masters?
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