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

2. What does James Wilde say children know of beauty in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Only the shadow of beauty.
(d) Only colors.

3. How had Washington gotten his last injury before the burns?
(a) Gaius has dropped him off the roof.
(b) The master's horse had run him over.
(c) Big Kit had kicked him.
(d) The overseer had whipped him.

4. Where does Washington think he is when he awakens after the explosion in Chapter 9?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Dahomey.

5. Who is the captain of the ship the cloud-cutter crashes on?
(a) Duke Banister.
(b) Benedikt Kinast.
(c) Jermaine Woodley.
(d) Leo Strong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the ship the cloud-cutter crashes onto?

3. What city does the ship eventually make landfall at?

4. What does Titch tell Washington he will teach him at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What does Washington give to Titch to help keep cool in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Washington to move into the path of the explosion in Chapter 9?

2. How does Washington first meet Titch?

3. What is the real reason that Titch summons Washington in Chapter 4?

4. 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?

5. What does Farrow give to Titch in Part II, Chapter 4, that Titch is astounded to receive?

6. What is the slaves' first impression of their new master, Erasmus Wilde, in Chapter 1?

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

8. What does Erasmus and Mrs. Wilde want Titch to do in the wake of Philip's momentous news?

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

10. Where does Washington think he might be when he wakes up from the explosion in Chapter 9, and why?

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