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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 title of chapter nine?

2. What does Homer escape on?

3. Why does Corny think Squint is clever?

4. What does Mr. Brewster offer to show Homer the secret of?

5. Who does Samuel say set the slaves free?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Underground Railroad?

2. What conflicting situation does Homer find himself in in this section?

3. In what way does Homer show his naivety in this section?

4. How does Squint react to Harold pushing him over into the mud?

5. How does Squint get back at Harold?

6. Summarize chapter nine.

7. How does Homer describe Jebediah Brewster?

8. How does Brewster say the whites express their fears of blacks?

9. How does Homer describe Stink Mullins?

10. What does Homer overhear Squint and Corny talking about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How has the death of Homer and Harold's mother effected the two boys? How would there lives be different if their mother would have survived?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does fortune play a big part in Homer finding his brother? Do the think the fortune he encounters takes away the tension in the story?

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