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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Klan do to freed slaves?

2. When does Muhammad hear the most screams while on the ship?

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

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

5. Where does Elijah's father live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lizzy finds Lem after dark?

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

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

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

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

6. What is a boom stick?

7. What kind of music does Abby love, and how does Saran feel about it?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Muhammad is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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