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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Homer see Two Shoes gather in Chapter 47?
(a) Wood.
(b) Ashes.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Potatoes.

2. What does Two Shoes give Homer and Ada to eat in Chapter 48?
(a) Berries.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Fish.
(d) Corn bread.

3. In Chapter 49, why do the inhabitants of Freewater not work in the fields?
(a) It rains.
(b) There is a warning horn.
(c) There is a thunderstorm.
(d) It is too windy.

4. Where does Turner's map lead that Homer shows his friends in Chapter 62?
(a) Cumberland.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) Southerland.

5. How old was Billy when he began to stutter?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) About 5.
(d) Maybe 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy feel when he is picked to help build the new bridge?

2. How far are the woodcutters from the bridge that needs to be taken down?

3. Who goes with Homer to Southerland?

4. In Chapter 38, what does Sanzi mix for her father to put on his skin?

5. What color fruits does Juna give Homer and Ada in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora notice about Rose in Chapter 40?

2. What is decided when Sanzi, Ferdinand, and Homer bring a pig to Freewater?

3. In Chapter 38, where does Sanzi's mother take her, and what does she tell Sanzi?

4. How is it different for Homer and Billy to work the fields in Freewater than it was to work the fields on the plantations?

5. In Chapter 37, why is Ada allowed to go fishing?

6. Why does Homer think Two Shoes has run off?

7. What plans does Homer make as he prepares to go back to Southerland?

8. How do Homer, Sanzi, Juna, and Ferdinand get a pig and carry it back to the village?

9. Why does Ada get upset during Daria and Ibra's wedding?

10. What does Rose tell Nora about Viola, and how does Nora feel about what Rose tells her?

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