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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the price on Washington's head?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 5,000 pounds.
(c) 300 pounds.
(d) 9,000 pounrds.

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

3. Who is the captain of the second ship Titch and Washington take in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Captain Wilde.
(b) Captain Isbel.
(c) Captain Kinast.
(d) Captain Holloway.

4. Where does Erasmus want the visitor to stay in Chapter 8?
(a) In a neighboring town.
(b) With the slaves.
(c) In the big house.
(d) In Titch's lodgings.

5. What relation was Washington's first master to Titch?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His uncle.

6. What labor is Washington surprised to see Erasmus working at in Chapter 8?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Cleaning out his chamber pot.
(c) Ironing his own shirts.
(d) Stitching his own wound.

7. 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 is pregnant and looks very ill.
(c) Big Kit seems to have taken another young slave boy under her wing, and Washington is jealous.
(d) Big Kit has lost an eye and seems to be at death's door.

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

9. Who is the slave at Faith Plantation who Washington has a crush on?
(a) Esther.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Emilie.
(d) Big Kit.

10. What was the last injury before the burn that Titch had?
(a) Broken ribs.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A broken ankle.
(d) A broken arm.

11. What does Big Kit give to Washington to protect himself in Chapter 4?
(a) A knife.
(b) A thumbtack.
(c) A gun.
(d) A long nail.

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

13. Where is the ship traveling to in Part II, Chapter 2?
(a) The Solomon Islands.
(b) The Arctic.
(c) America.
(d) England.

14. Who does Erasmus tell Titch is coming to visit in Chapter 8?
(a) Sally.
(b) Philip.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Their father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philip say to Washington the first time he sees his face after the burning accident?

2. What is Washington overjoyed that he and Big Kit are allowed to do once the dinner is over?

3. What does Washington discover the sexton has been doing in relation to slaves?

4. What does the sexton give to Titch that greatly alarms him in Part II, Chapter 4?

5. Who does Washington see in cages in the town where he and Titch pick up their visitor in Chapter 8?

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