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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 107 - 167).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Philip tell Erasmus and Titch in Chapter 10?
(a) Their dog has died.
(b) All their family money has been spent.
(c) Their father has died.
(d) Their mother has died.

2. What happens to Titch and Washington not a full hour after they flee Faith Plantation?
(a) They are shot down.
(b) The gas explodes.
(c) A bird strikes them.
(d) They run into a squall.

3. What alarms Washington about the sexton's activities in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) They are grotesque in that they involve corpses.
(b) They are disturbing sexually.
(c) They involve illegal things the police would prosecute people for.
(d) They involve drugs.

4. Who does Washington see in cages in the town where he and Titch pick up their visitor in Chapter 8?
(a) Runaway slaves.
(b) Cats.
(c) Priests.
(d) Dogs.

5. What is the name of the town where Washington and Titch travel to collect their visitor in Chapter 8?
(a) Bridge Town.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Elderview.
(d) Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Washington know about his father?

2. What startles Washington about the two brothers on the ship?

3. What kind of doctor was the ship captain's brother originally?

4. What does Titch tell the ship's crew is the relationship between him and Washington?

5. Why is Washington so close to the gas when Titch is demonstrating it?

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