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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 Homer notice is missing from Turner's cabin in Chapter 62?
2. How long is it said that the far patrollers sat in a tree once without moving?
3. Who holds the rope as Sanzi is let down by rope to get the dead wild pig?
4. How old was Billy when he began to stutter?
5. Who has the job of watching as Sanzi is let down by rope to get the dead wild pig?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 37, why is Ada allowed to go fishing?
2. Why does Sanzi wish she had died in the fire?
3. What plans does Homer make as he prepares to go back to Southerland?
4. How does Homer discover that Two Shoes has a map that shows how to get from Southerland to Freewater and keep Two Shoes from knowing he has found the map?
5. What is decided when Sanzi, Ferdinand, and Homer bring a pig to Freewater?
6. In Chapter 38, where does Sanzi's mother take her, and what does she tell Sanzi?
7. Why does Ada scream in Chapter 42, and how do Sanzi and Ferdinand help her?
8. How is it different for Homer and Billy to work the fields in Freewater than it was to work the fields on the plantations?
9. How does Ferdinand's knife get destroyed in the fire?
10. How does Billy nearly get hurt during the bridge building project?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Homer and Ada's lives change during the time they live in Freewater. What transition do they have to make from slavery to freedom? What does that transformation reveal about the oppression of slavery?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Dawson reveals Homer and Sanzi’s lives during a pivotal time. How do the events in Freewater help Homer and Sanzi mature and grow in the novel?
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