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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Elijah's father live?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Alabama.
(d) South Carolina.

2. What is Sierra Leone?
(a) A country.
(b) A city.
(c) A river.
(d) A ship.

3. What is Muhammad's surname?
(a) Bilal.
(b) Biall.
(c) Billa.
(d) Baill.

4. What does Julia ask Lizzy to do?
(a) Walk with her.
(b) Some gardening.
(c) Some cleaning.
(d) Read to her.

5. What is different about Sister Clinton from the Lewis family?
(a) She is light skinned.
(b) She was never a slave.
(c) She has red hair.
(d) She is rich.

6. Where are the slavers from?
(a) Europe.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) The United States.
(d) South America.

7. What does Lizzy tell Julia the slaves talk about in their cabins?
(a) Lem's punishment.
(b) Religion.
(c) Ways to escape.
(d) The war.

8. What is Lizzy picking when the reader first meets her?
(a) Sweet potatoes.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Cotton.

9. How much land is the Lewis family given after the war?
(a) 6 acres.
(b) 10 acres.
(c) 12. acres.
(d) 8 acres.

10. How long is Muhammad held on a ship before it sails?
(a) 19 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 16 days.
(d) 12 days.

11. Where are slaves usually held on slave ships?
(a) The cabins.
(b) The prow.
(c) The cargo hold.
(d) The forecastle.

12. What does Muhammad find strange about his captors?
(a) They are white.
(b) They smell funny.
(c) Their eyes are blank.
(d) They never speak.

13. When does Muhammad touch soil after being captured?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1943.

14. Who pays special attention to Moses when we first meet him?
(a) Lem.
(b) Miss Lewis.
(c) Mister Joe.
(d) Lizzy.

15. Why does Julia say Josh is still a boy?
(a) He cannot read.
(b) He is smaller than her father.
(c) He cares not for others.
(d) He is not married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah repair?

2. What does Julia say white people have that black people do not?

3. What is the plantation called where Lizzy lives?

4. How does Muhammad know some of the other slaves captured with him?

5. Where is Muhammad shackled?

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