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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 is Elijah related to Moses?
(a) Moses is his godfather.
(b) Moses is his grandfather.
(c) Moses is his father.
(d) Moses is his uncle.

2. Whom is Richard married to?
(a) Neela.
(b) Saran.
(c) Lizzy.
(d) Gretchen.

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

4. What kind of animal is Sukey?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Mule.
(c) Cow.
(d) Horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah sell in Johnson City?

2. Who owns Neela?

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

4. What is Lizzy picking when the reader first meets her?

5. How much land is the Lewis family given after the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lizzy go looking for Lem after everyone else is asleep?

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

4. What does Julia tell Lizzy the difference between white people and black people is?

5. What is the main question weighing on Muhammad's mind after his capture?

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

7. What does Saran say is different about Joshua?

8. How did Lizzy first come to know Moses and Saran?

9. What does Master Lewis hope will happen, because of his actions with Lem, after he returns to the plantation?

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

(see the answer keys)

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