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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 is Sierra Leone?

2. What is Mister Joe's position?

3. What is Muhammad's strongest emotion while on the ship?

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

5. Where does Elijah's father work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Foster die?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the deepest feeling felt by Muhammad on the ship, and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Luvenia use her trials to her advantage, and what leads her to her success?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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