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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 sees the people hiding in the woods first in chapter 11?

2. What is Elijah helping Mr. Leroy to make for Mrs. Holton in chapter 15?

3. Why does Elijah think that Mr. Leroy wants to kill him in chapter 18?

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

5. What does the refugee reveal he has been holding behind his back as Emma coaxed him out of the woods in chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elijah's mother relate that her own mother reacted to the news she had gone to Canada with their white masters?

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

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

4. Who reads the letter to Mrs. Holton in chapter 13? For what reason?

5. In chapter 14, where does the community of Buxton spend their Sunday afternoon?

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

8. What happened to Mr. Highgate? For what reason? How did he get back to Buxton?

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

10. Who are the Taylors? Why have they come to Buxton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is the preacher? Why does Elijah not trust him? What does the preacher think is a Jesus given gift in Elijah? Why does the preacher talk Elijah into sneaking out of his house to go to the carnival? Why does the preacher want to sell Elijah to the owner of the carnival? Why does the preacher later volunteer to arrange the purchase of Mr. Leroy's family? What does he really do? Why does Elijah go after the preacher to recover Mr. Leroy's money? Does he?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Mrs. Holton? What sets her apart from the others in Buxton? Who works for Mrs. Holton? Why does he say he does not mind working for Mrs. Holton even though he is doing similar work to what he did as a slave? For what is Mrs. Holton saving her money? Why does she eventually give this money to someone else? How does this act show the compassion among the former slaves in contrast to the cruelty shown by white slave holders?

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