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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. Who is Mr. Segee?

2. Why does Elijah say he thinks Mr. Leroy must be a good listener in chapter 7?

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

4. What does Elijah think in chapter 6 will happen to Mr. Travis after he teaches the students about a family breeding contest?

5. Who does Elijah drag into the house upon arriving in chapter 1 in order to protect them from the strange animal he and Cooter were tracking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Frederick Douglass?

3. What method does Elijah employ in his fishing?

4. Why does Elijah divide his secret pond into two parts? What does he do there?

5. What does Mr. Travis teach besides general education? Why does this bother Elijah?

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

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

8. Why does Elijah feel as though the entire settlement of Buxton believes him to be fragile?

9. What does Elijah's mother cook better than she bakes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Chloe? Where does Elijah meet her? Why can Elijah do nothing to help her? Why do the people in the little village not do anything to help Elijah save the people with Chloe? Why does Chloe give Elijah her baby and tell him how much she loves him? Why does Elijah decide to take the baby? What does he plan to do with the baby? What is the significance of the baby's name? What does this say about the overall moral of the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

1) Slavery

2) Freedom

3) Family

4) Compassion

Essay Topic 3

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?

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