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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 do the medicine show set up near?

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

3. What does the boy at the dock promise to do for Homer?

4. What is the bootman's name?

5. What does Homer say is causing his wild thoughts while in the balloon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Fleabottom fool the soldiers?

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

4. Why is Homer able to see through the Nibbly's scam?

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

6. What false hope does Homer have in this section?

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

8. Why is Mr. Willow so vulnerable?

9. Summarize chapter seventeen.

10. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How do the following people help Homer find his brother Harold?

1. Professor Fleabottom.

2. Mr. Brewster.

3. Mr. Willow.

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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