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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Big Kit make sure to do when she and Washington arrive at the big house in Chapter 4?
(a) Wash their clothes quickly.
(b) Feed the dogs first.
(c) Pray.
(d) Wipe their feet so they do not get the floor dirty.

2. What does Titch tell Washington about drawing in Chapter 6?
(a) To draw as quickly as possible.
(b) To be faithful to what he sees, not what he is supposed to see.
(c) To never show his drawings to white men.
(d) To draw as slowly as possible.

3. What happens to Washington when the gas explodes in Chapter 9?
(a) He loses an arm.
(b) His face is terribly burned.
(c) He loses an eye.
(d) His leg is terribly burned.

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

5. What relation is the visitor to Erasmus and Titch that Erasmus tells Titch is coming to visit in Chapter 8?
(a) Brother.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Father.
(d) Cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erasmus Wilde compare the slaves to in Chapter 4, during conversation with Titch?

2. How does Titch describe the visitor who is coming in Chapter 8 to Washington?

3. What does Titch ask Washington to do in Part II, Chapter 4, that shocks him?

4. What does Washington know about his father?

5. What ultimately happens to Titch's cloud-cutter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the crew of the Ava Maria?

2. Where do Titch and Washington crash-land in Part II, Chapter 1?

3. What alarms Washington about Edgar Farrow, the sexton outside of Norfolk who Titch goes to for help?

4. How does Washington first meet Titch?

5. On what kind of terms do Titch and Washington depart the Kinasts in Part II, Chapter 3?

6. Why do Titch and Washington have to flee Faith plantation very quickly in Part II, Chapter 1?

7. How does Philip respond when he first sees Washington's face after his burning accident in Chapter 10?

8. What kind of a reception do Titch and Washington get from the crew of the Ava Maria in Part II, Chapter 2?

9. In Chapter 8, why does Titch ask Erasmus for the use of more slaves?

10. When Washington encounters the slaves he formerly worked with as they all embark on Titch's project in Chapter 8, how do the other slaves treat him?

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