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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 168 - 221).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Titch's father after Titch leaves the camp?
(a) Titch's father claims Washington as his own property.
(b) Titch's father grows ill and dies.
(c) Titch's father leaves the camp too.
(d) Titch's father throws himself into his work and finishes writing his book.

2. What skill is Washington immediately drawn to after he sees Titch do it in Chapter 5?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Carving.
(d) Cooking.

3. Why does Washington think for a brief while that Tanna might be married?
(a) He is asked to deliver a package of goods to a Mr. Goff, who he assumes is Tanna's husband.
(b) Tanna told him she might be married.
(c) He heard a rumor Tanna might be married.
(d) He sees Tanna walking with a man her age.

4. Who named Washington?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His priest.
(d) His first master.

5. How does Peter House communicate?
(a) Through song.
(b) Through blinking his eyes.
(c) With hand gestures.
(d) By speaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the house porter at Faith Plantation?

2. What particular aquatic creature is a favorite of Washington's from the volumes he reads in Chapter 10?

3. What is the title of Part III of the novel?

4. What happens when Titch takes the gauze off of Washington's face in Chapter 9?

5. What does Washington begin doing again in Part III, Chapter 4, that he had enjoyed and not done for a long time?

(see the answer key)

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