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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 Benji Alston?

2. Who does Emma disrespectfully speak to before speaking to Elijah, as noted in chapter 10?

3. What does Elijah use to blow his nose in chapter 11 instead of blowing it onto the ground?

4. What does Mr. Leroy say in chapter 16 in response to Mr. Freeman's warnings about the preacher?

5. When does Mr. Leroy promise Elijah he will be back home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who grabs Elijah as he is making his way to the meeting in chapter 18? For what reason?

2. To where did Elijah's mother travel with her white master as a child when she was a slave?

3. What is significant about Emma Collins?

4. What is a haint? What does Elijah see in chapter 21 that he believes is a haint?

5. What does Emma give to the Taylor's older daughter? For what reason?

6. What has Mrs. Taylor been giving her infant daughter that makes her afraid for the child? Why has she done this?

7. What is among the supplies Elijah collects in chapter 19 for his trip to Michigan to help Mr. Leroy recover his money?

8. Why does Elijah's father not trust the preacher to take Mr. Leroy's money and arrange for the purchase of his family?

9. What is the subject of the meeting that takes place in chapter 18?

10. Why does Elijah tell the villagers in chapter 20 that he has an aunt waiting for him close by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Mr. Leroy want Elijah to go with him to recover his money? What purpose did Mr. Leroy need Elijah to serve for him? What happens when Mr. Leroy and Elijah arrive in the small village where the preacher gambled away all of Mr. Leroy's money? Who does Mr. Leroy think Elijah is at the end? How does Mr. Leroy die? How does Elijah react to Mr. Leroy's death?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Cooter? What kind of trouble does Cooter often find himself in? Why? Why does the schoolteacher dislike Cooter? Who is Cooter's best friend? What are some of the things they do together? How does this contrast with the childhoods these children's parents have had? Why do you think the author shows so much of these children's relatively carefree lives?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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