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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the peak that Titch wants to try his cloud-cutter from?
(a) Widow's Peak.
(b) Corvus Peak.
(c) Red Hanger Peak.
(d) Pike's Peak.

2. How does Titch describe the visitor who is coming in Chapter 8 to Washington?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Highly intelligent.
(c) Mentally unstable.
(d) Brutally mean.

3. What is the climate on Faith Plantation like?
(a) Cool and pleasant.
(b) Very rainy.
(c) Hot and humid.
(d) Snowy.

4. What does Washington do after Philip has fallen asleep some nights?
(a) Draw sketches of him.
(b) Steal money from him.
(c) Put insects in his pillowcase.
(d) Write stories about him.

5. What does Erasmus Wilde compare the slaves to in Chapter 4, during conversation with Titch?
(a) Money.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Trees.
(d) Dogs.

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

7. What does the sexton give to Titch that greatly alarms him in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) A wig.
(b) A severed toe.
(c) A recent letter that seems to be from Titch's father, whom he thought was dead.
(d) A gun.

8. What does Titch ask Washington to do in Part II, Chapter 4, that shocks him?
(a) To disguise himself as a woman.
(b) To go back to Faith Plantation.
(c) To turn himself in.
(d) To join the other runaway slaves on their way to freedom.

9. What particular aquatic creature is a favorite of Washington's from the volumes he reads in Chapter 10?
(a) The electric eel.
(b) The octopus.
(c) The nudibranch.
(d) The crab.

10. Why does Washington feel so wretched when he sees Big Kit in the big house again in Chapter 10?
(a) Big Kit shouts at him and tells him never to speak to her again.
(b) Big Kit seems to have taken another young slave boy under her wing, and Washington is jealous.
(c) Big Kit has lost an eye and seems to be at death's door.
(d) Big Kit is pregnant and looks very ill.

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

12. How many slaves does Erasmus end up lending Titch in Chapter 8?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

13. What does Titch tell Washington he can never abide in his pantry?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Butter.
(d) Flour.

14. What is Washington overjoyed that he and Big Kit are allowed to do once the dinner is over?
(a) Lick the plates of the diners.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Get paid.
(d) Draw.

15. What does Washington know about his father?
(a) His father was a wealthy English nobleman.
(b) His father was a white slave master.
(c) His father was also a black slave.
(d) He does not know anything about his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the female slave Washington is closest to at Faith Plantation?

2. How many slaves does Titch initially ask Erasmus for in Chapter 8?

3. What does Erasmus do to the slave William's corpse?

4. What relation was Washington's first master to Titch?

5. What relation is the visitor to Erasmus and Titch that Erasmus tells Titch is coming to visit in Chapter 8?

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