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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 many logs do Jim, Norman, and Sammy manage to push into the water when Henderson and other white men approach?

2. What is the lowest price that Norman offers to seel Jim to Frank McHart, the constable?

3. In Part Two, Chapter 9, how many times does the bell ring?

4. What last name does Norman use?

5. What is the name of the man in charge of the engine room and the slave running the engine room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first things that Easter instructs Jim to do?

2. At the end of Part Two, how do Jim and Norman end up in the river again?

3. In Part One, Chapter 23, why is Jim limping?

4. How does Easter get hurt in Part One, Chapter 25?

5. Why does Jim decide to escape after his first day with Henderson, and who does he take with him?

6. What plan does Jim decide upon after Norman joins him?

7. How does Sammy die?

8. What is Brock's life like?

9. Why does Jim have to stay at the livery when the Duke and the King leave?

10. In Part One, Chapter 24, what happens when the Duke and the King take Jim and Huck to a livery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Everett use artistic license to create the realistic background of James?

Essay Topic 2

Jim and Huck flee to Jackson Island. Why do Jim and Huck flee to Jackson Island, and what do their flights have in common?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in James? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Jim?

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