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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 Mars give Hiram before he leaves in Chapter 27?

2. In Chapter 30, what do Sophia and Hiram drink together?

3. At the end of Chapter 18 where does Hiram live?

4. In Chapter 26, what do Hiram, Harriet, and the others after for breakfast after arriving in Philadelphia?

5. In Chapter 19, who holds Otha's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Sophia tell Hiram about water dancing in Chapter 32?

2. In Chapter 26, when do Hiram, Harriet, and the others arrive in Philadelphia and what do they do when they arrive?

3. What does Harriet say about memory and Conduction in Chapter 23?

4. In Chapter 33, what does Hiram find in his father's study?

5. In Chapter 19, how does Bland plan to rescue Otha's wife and children?

6. How did Bland meet Corrine?

7. Why can Pop Ross honestly say that he has not seen Harriet, Hiram, or any of the others?

8. What upsets Otha in Chapter 21?

9. What happens when Nathaniel summons Sophia in Chapter 31?

10. In Chapter 27, where does Kessiah say that her mother can go if she is freed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hiram and Sophia try to escape. What happens when they try to escape? Who betrays them and why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

A flashback relates information about events that happened before the times mentioned in the novel. How are flashbacks used in The Water Dancer? How do flashbacks provide information about what has happened before the novel begins?

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