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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 shows the family history at the beginning of the book?

2. What is the Middle Passage?

3. Where is Muhammad at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Julia's father say is making the slaves restless?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What privileges are given to Muhammad while on the ship?

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

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

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

5. Why does Elijah refuse to split the reward money with Sheriff Glover?

6. What is Frank Petty widely known for?

7. Why does Lizzy choose to leave Live Oaks?

8. How does Foster die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Slavery and Freedom are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 2

Where does the theme of discrimination occur in this narrative, and how is it received by the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and explain how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Walter Dean Myers have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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