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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 Mr. Travis ask the class each morning as he begins the days lessons?

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

3. What does Elijah say the other students must have found in chapter 10?

4. What is the creed of Buxton settlement?

5. Who lives next door to Mrs. Holton in Buxton?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who convinces Elijah to sneak out and go to the carnival? For what reasons?

4. What is important about the settlement of Buxton?

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

6. Who is Samuel? How does Samuel perform for Elijah and the preacher?

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

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

9. What does Mr. Leroy show Elijah in chapter 7? What is the significance about these things?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Elijah and the preacher

2) Elijah and Mr. Leroy

3) Elijah and his parents.

Essay Topic 2

How does Mrs. Holton's husband die? How does she get the news? What is unusual about the way in which Mrs. Holton learns the news? What is the messenger requesting from Mrs. Holton? What does this say about Mrs. Holton's former life? What does it say about the life her husband was living? How does this episode illustrate the importance of Buxton and places like it?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Slavery

2) Freedom

3) Family

4) Compassion

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