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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 Mr. Willow's job?

2. How does Homer describe Fleabottom's face?

3. What is the name of the journalist and Homer's fellow prisoner in the barn?

4. What method of transport are Homer and Willow using to travel to Maine?

5. Who does Mr. Willow befriend on the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Mr. Willow not the ideal companion for Homer?

2. How does the Professor help Homer?

3. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

4. Why do the military surround the traveling show?

5. How does Homer escape the military?

6. Why is Mr. Willow so vulnerable?

7. What were the hot-air balloons used for in the Civil War?

8. How do Griswold and Homer escape?

9. How does Miss Nibbly get rid of Homer?

10. How does Fleabottom fool the soldiers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Homer's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end.

1. What did Homer hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Homer ideas about life?

3. How has Homer's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who were the Underground Railroad? How accurate is the author's representation of the Underground Railroad?

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