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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. In Chapter 3, how long had Hiram been in the big house by the autumn of his 13th year?

2. In Chapter 3, how old was Howell Walker?

3. In Chapter 1, what is the name of the brothel Maynard visits?

4. In Chapter 6, what do Georgie and Amber bring to eat?

5. In Chapter 1, when Hiram is in the river, what aunt does he remember?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thena say that the Walkers come in Chapter 6?

2. What did Howell Walker tell Hiram to do at the end of Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 5, where does Hiram find himself after falling in the river?

4. What happens when Hiram and Sophia meet Georgie in Chapter 8?

5. Where did Sophia live before Lockless and what did she have there?

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

7. In Chapter 1, why did Hiram avoid a stone bridge?

8. What and who rescue Hiram at the end of Chapter 11?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting in a novel is the place or places where the novel takes place. Are the settings in the novel neutral backgrounds not important to the novel or do the settings take on the role of a character? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Sophia and Helen grew up together. Why did both Sophia and Helen go to live with Nathaniel when Helen married Nathaniel? What was the relationship between the three of them? Why did the relationship cause Sophia to feel guilty?

Essay Topic 3

When family members are taken from slaves, like Hiram, they often form new family units. Why do slaves form new family units when their family members are taken from them? Why is family so important to slaves?

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