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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man that Hawkins wants Hiram to get out in Chapter 14?
(a) Rufus Thomas.
(b) Parnell Johns.
(c) Will Davis.
(d) Bob Peterson.

2. In Chapter 13, what is the nickname of the woman who can control Conduction?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Moses.
(d) Free.

3. In Chapter 9, where do Ryland's Hounds chain Hiram and Sophia?
(a) Yard outside the jail.
(b) A cell.
(c) To a tree.
(d) To a post.

4. In Chapter 3, how old was Howell Walker?
(a) 67.
(b) 59.
(c) 64.
(d) 70.

5. How far do Hawkins, Fields, and Hiram walk to get a man out in Chapter 14?
(a) About 5 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 6 hours or so.
(d) 8 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose concubine was Sophia in Chapter 4?

2. What game is played in Chapter 13?

3. What is the season in Chapter 1?

4. When does Sophia want to meet Hiram at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What does Hiram smell at the beginning of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what is the sub-basement like where Hiram studies?

2. In Chapter 7, what becomes Hiram's job and why?

3. What does Hiram realize that his father believes about what happened when he and Maynard fell in the river?

4. What are Hiram's days like in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 14, what does Hiram need to do for Corrine to admit him into the secrets of the Underground?

6. What advice did Thena give Hiram when he was sent to live in the big house?

7. In Chapter 12, what does Hiram see when he wakes?

8. What did Hiram see and hear at the end of Chapter 4 when he neared the river Goose?

9. What was Sophia's relationship with Helen in Carolina?

10. In Chapter 15, how does Hiram know that he has used Conduction?

(see the answer keys)

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