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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 does Titch instruct Washington and Philip to do in Chapter 9 while he demonstrates the cloud-cutter's gas mechanism?
(a) Stay well away from the machine.
(b) Come closer to the machine.
(c) Gather in a circle around the lake.
(d) Start making their way back down the mountain.

2. What does Philip say to Washington the first time he sees his face after the burning accident?
(a) He says Washington will never serve in a house now.
(b) He says Washington's face actually looks better.
(c) He says Washington is an ugly thing now.
(d) He says Washington would be better off dead.

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

4. Why is Washington so close to the gas when Titch is demonstrating it?
(a) Philip has asked him to fetch the sandwiches.
(b) He did not understand Titch's directions to stay clear of the machine.
(c) He wanted to get closer to see how the gas worked.
(d) He thought he had to save Titch from the explosion.

5. What ultimately happens to Titch's cloud-cutter?
(a) Its basket disintegrates in the wind.
(b) It is shot down.
(c) It burns up.
(d) It crashes onto the deck of a ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Faith Plantation located?

2. What nickname does Titch call Washington?

3. What does Washington discover about Emilie in Chapter 8?

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

5. What is the name of Washington's friend that he meets in Part III, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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