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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 unusual about Lizzy picking when we first meet her?

2. What is the plantation called where Lizzy lives?

3. What do the white men call Moses's wife?

4. Where are the slavers from?

5. How does Lem return to the plantation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Foster die?

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

7. What makes it hard for many slave descendants to track their family history?

8. What is the story Moses tells of two slaves who attacked a white man?

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

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

Security and safety are two themes that are touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

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

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