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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 Elijah say in chapter 3 the preacher likes to do when he is talking?

2. What does Elijah's mother tell him at the end of chapter 2 that leaves him confused?

3. Why does Elijah dislike the fact that Mr. Travis teaches both school and Sunday school?

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

5. What does the preacher always tote as mentioned by Elijah in chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Elijah employ in his fishing?

2. What tragedy does Elijah describe from Mrs. Brown's recent past?

3. Why do Elijah and his friend, Cooter, begin tracking a snake one afternoon?

4. Why does Elijah begin to use a derogatory word in chapter 7? How does Mr. Leroy react?

5. What does Elijah plan to do with fish he has caught? Who talks him out of four of his fish?

6. Who does Elijah trade for a cherry pie? What does he trade?

7. For what reason are the children sent home early from school at the beginning of chapter 4?

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

9. Why was MaWee replaced by a local white child in Madame Sabbar's act?

10. Who suddenly appears in Buxton with a fancy new gun in chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Elijah? What is the special distinction about his birth? Where does Elijah live? Why is he afraid of being thought of as fragile? Why does Elijah often cry in difficult situations? How does this make Elijah feel about himself? What did Elijah do as an infant that makes him feel as though he will always have it hanging over his head? Why is Elijah afraid of snakes? What does Elijah's mother do to help him get over this fear? How does Elijah feel about this?

Essay Topic 2

How does Elijah catch up to the preacher? Where does he find him? What has happened to the preacher? How does Elijah react to this? What does Elijah think the figures near the wall are when he first sees them? What danger do these figures pose for Elijah? What might have happened to Elijah in the stable? What does happen? How does Elijah return to Buxton? What does this say about the overall moral of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What are slavers, or slave chasers? Why do two of these people come toward Buxton? What happens to them? What does the community think happened to them? How do they feel about this? What danger do slavers pose for the people of Buxton? Is it possible for the people of Buxton to be forced back into slavery? Explain.

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