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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. How long is Muhammad on the ship?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 months.

2. What does Muhammad promise himself on the ship?
(a) He will get revenge.
(b) All of these.
(c) He will find his family.
(d) He will stay alive.

3. What ocean does Muhammad sail across?
(a) Mediterranean.
(b) Atlantic.
(c) Indian.
(d) Pacific.

4. What does the Lewis family call their land?
(a) Emancipation Plantation.
(b) Freedom Place.
(c) Glory Field.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mister Joe's last name?

2. What does Muhammad call guns?

3. What does Elijah sell in Johnson City?

4. How are Joshua and Moses related?

5. What does Muhammad see for the first time while on the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Richard give to Elijah before he goes looking for David, and why?

2. What makes it hard for many slave descendants to track their family history?

3. Why does Elijah refuse to split the reward money with Sheriff Glover?

4. What keeps Muhammad from sleeping at night while on the ship?

5. Why does Sheriff Glover pull a gun on Elijah?

6. What is the story Moses tells of two slaves who attacked a white man?

7. What does Master Lewis tell Mister Joe to do with Lem?

8. What is placed before the beginning of the narrative, and what does it show?

9. What privileges are given to Muhammad while on the ship?

10. How does Foster die?

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