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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MaWee ask Elijah to read to him in chapter 10?

2. What happened to Mr. Leroy's daughter?

3. What tribe does the preacher suggest Elijah was once a member of in chapter 10?

4. What things does Madame Sabbar shoot at in chapter 8?

5. Why does Elijah's mother warn him not to stay out too late in chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is important about the settlement of Buxton?

2. What do Cooter and Elijah hide in the knitting belonging to Elijah's mother?

3. What is Elijah afraid of? For what reason?

4. What does Elijah use as bait to catch his fish?

5. What is meant by the expression familiarity breeds contempt?

6. Why does Mr. Leroy react as he does in chapter 7 to Elijah's use of a derogatory word?

7. What do Cooter and Elijah think Mr. Travis means by familiarity breeds contempt in chapter 6?

8. To whom does Elijah take a plate of fried fish in chapter 5?

9. Who teaches Elijah to shoot a gun? For what reason?

10. Why does MaWee think that Elijah will replace him in the carnival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Mrs. Brown? Why does Elijah mention her? What terrible loss did Mrs. Brown suffer? How does she deal with this loss? How does Elijah feel about this loss? Why does Elijah go to visit Mrs. Brown? How does Elijah compare Mrs. Brown to his own mother? What does this suggest about the community of Buxton?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay, using quotes to support your conclusions:

1) Elijah and Mr. Leroy

2) Mr. Leroy and Mrs. Holton

3) Mrs. Holton and Elijah's mother.

Essay Topic 3

Why do many of the parents in Buxton not know how to read or write? What do they plan to do about it? Why do the children of Buxton attend school? What is significant about this accomplishment for these children? Does their education have special meaning for their parents? For what reason?

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