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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 does the boy at the dock promise to do for Homer?

2. What do the soldiers accuse Fleabottom of doing?

3. What does Fleabottom say is guaranteed about his medicine?

4. What does Homer say he is chasing as he travels West in the balloon?

5. What effect does Fleabottom think the resignation will have on the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Homer describe Professor Fleabottom?

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

3. Summarize chapter seventeen.

4. Why do the military surround the traveling show?

5. How does Homer escape the military?

6. Why is Mr. Willow so vulnerable?

7. How does Mr. Willow help Homer in this section?

8. What do the Confederates do with Homer when they capture him?

9. Describe the performance Homer has to give in this section?

10. What evidence is there that Fleabottom could be a spy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How accurate is Philbrick's representation of Colonel Chamberlain? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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