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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. How old is Nora?

2. How large is the flower Ada picks when she, Homer, and Suleman are riding in a tree boat?

3. How many times does Suleman tell Ada he ran from the plantation before he got free?

4. In Chapter 35, what is the name of Two Shoe's daughter who is still at the plantation?

5. In the first section of Freewater, what are men using to mark trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Anna and what is her history?

2. What does the man look like who kills the snake wrapped around Homer's leg?

3. How does Ada get hurt in Chapter 16?

4. Why is Billy always so scared?

5. What type of bridge do Homer and Ada have to cross to Freewater?

6. How does Sanzi prepare to hunt a wild pig?

7. In Chapter 26, what does Old Joe bring Rose, and why?

8. How did Homer avoid gettting bitten by a snake after Ada helps pull him out of a sinkhole?

9. How often do the enslaved usually get new clothes and why are they getting new clothes in Chapter 27?

10. Who is Ferdinand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Villagers are assigned to work together to build the new sky bridge. What is revealed about teamwork as villagers work together to build the bridge?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does Freewater take place? How characters feel about various settings in the novel and why?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Freewater and why is that incident the climax?

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