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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. In Chapter 2, what was the name of the butler who brought Hiram to the big house?
(a) Roscoe.
(b) August.
(c) Maynard.
(d) Joseph.

2. In Chapter 15, when Hiram leaves how long has he been at Bryceton?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 7 months.

3. What was Hiram's mother's name?
(a) Martha.
(b) Emma.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Rose.

4. In Chapter 14, what instrument does the man play that Hawkins is to get out?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Banjo.
(d) Violin.

5. In Chapter 8 on the day Hiram plans to run who does he see on his way to the well?
(a) Thena.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the season in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 15, what is the name of the man Hiram meets at a bakery?

3. In Chapter 5, when Hiram awakes for a second time, what scent lingers in the room?

4. What was the name of the washerwoman Hiram thinks of as he is struggling in the river in Chapter 1?

5. Who does Sophia say was her man's name when she lived in Carolina?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what job does Hiram's father tell him that he will be doing soon?

2. What does Hiram see in Chapter 1 when he is driving across a stone bridge?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what chores did Hiram begin doing when he went to the big house?

5. Why did Hiram go to stay with Thena when his mother was sold and why?

6. What does Corrine tell Hiram about where he is and why he must trust her and the others in Chapter 12?

7. In Chapter 1, what happens to Hiram and Maynard when the bridge breaks and they fall into the river?

8. When Hawkins introduces Hiram in Chapter 15, what does he say about Hiram?

9. In Chapter 6, where does Hiram find something to do and what does he do?

10. In Chapter 9, how do Hiram and Sophia spend their first night in the hands of Ryland's Hounds?

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