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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 Lizzy picking when the reader first meets her?

2. What ocean does Muhammad sail across?

3. What is Elijah doing when we first meet him?

4. What is the Middle Passage?

5. Where are slaves usually held on slave ships?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a boom stick?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Sheriff Glover pull a gun on Elijah?

8. Why does Lizzy choose to leave Live Oaks?

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

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

Elijah and Moses are two characters who are very similar in their natures, but are markedly different in other ways. Use some examples from the text to compare and contrast these two dynamic characters.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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