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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 Saran do for a job after the war?
(a) Sews dresses.
(b) Tends to a white child.
(c) Paints pictures.
(d) Farms land.

2. What kind of men does the Klan honor?
(a) Free.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Rich.

3. What does Muhammad call guns?
(a) Fire makers.
(b) Death toys.
(c) Boom sticks.
(d) Cracklers.

4. What is the Middle Passage?
(a) The ship Muhammad is on.
(b) The trail to African villages.
(c) The slaver's oath.
(d) The trade route across the ocean.

5. Where does Lizzy want to move?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Johnson City.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Moses's cabin used for on the plantation?

2. What do the white men call Moses's wife?

3. What day is Lizzy picking in a field when we first meet her?

4. What does Moses bless before a picnic?

5. What is wrong with David Turner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Elijah and Abby fix up an old boat?

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

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

9. Why does Lizzy choose to leave Live Oaks?

10. What is a boom stick?

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