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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. What does Muhammad see for the first time while on the boat?
(a) People from other tribes.
(b) People dying.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Smoke from the villages.

2. What is the Lewis slave family given after the Civil War?
(a) Back-logged wages.
(b) Free admission to the plantation.
(c) A train ticket.
(d) Some land.

3. How does Lem return to the plantation?
(a) He walks back.
(b) The patrollers bring him back.
(c) He takes the train.
(d) He sells himself with a contract.

4. What does Elijah sell in Johnson City?
(a) Corn and wheat.
(b) Fish and Crab.
(c) Songs.
(d) Scrap metal.

5. What do the white men call Moses's wife?
(a) Sweet Serene.
(b) Aunt Sara.
(c) Sister Saran.
(d) Mother Shara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Moses's cabin on Sundays?

2. What does Saran do for a job after the war?

3. What does Muhammad promise himself on the ship?

4. How is Elijah related to Moses?

5. What is difficult to the slaves about their freedom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most startling thing to Muhammad about his captors?

2. What is Frank Petty widely known for?

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

4. How do the other slaves say goodbye to Lizzy when she leaves Live Oaks?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Saran say is different about Joshua?

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