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

2. What does Elijah repair?
(a) A cotton gin.
(b) A doorframe.
(c) A reaper.
(d) An old boat.

3. What kind of music does Elijah's cousin love?
(a) Ragtime.
(b) Slow jazz.
(c) Marches.
(d) Classical.

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

5. What does the Klan do to freed slaves?
(a) Debates with them.
(b) Terrorizes them.
(c) Pays them.
(d) Finds new homes for them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Muhammad find strange about his captors?

3. How does Moses feel when he returns from Johnson City?

4. How often is Muhammad let out on the deck of the ship?

5. What does Moses's wife do when Lem returns to the plantation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elijah ask for in return for finding David?

2. What does Muhammad promise himself while on the boat, and what prompts him to make this promise?

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

4. What does Abby think about the post-slavery black children?

5. Why does Saran worry about David Turner when she is not with him?

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

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

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

9. How does Foster die?

10. What is a boom stick?

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