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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 the Middle Passage?

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

3. What does Muhammad see for the first time while on the boat?

4. Why does Julia say Josh is still a boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lizzy choose to leave Live Oaks?

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

4. What do Muhammad's shackles mean to his descendants?

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

6. What does Muhammad promise himself while on the boat, and what prompts him to make this promise?

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

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

9. What happens when Lizzy finds Lem after dark?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Responsibility and coming of age are two themes that are interwoven in many places of this plot. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to move the plot along?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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