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

2. Who does Washington call for when he awakens after the explosion in Chapter 9?
(a) Big Kit.
(b) Emilie.
(c) Richard Black.
(d) Titch.

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

4. What does Washington discover the sexton has been doing in relation to slaves?
(a) Turning them in.
(b) Killing them.
(c) Helping them to safety in the North.
(d) Forging papers for them to get married to white people.

5. What is unusual about the ship's crew in Part II, Chapter 2?
(a) They are all women.
(b) They are all black men.
(c) They are all one-handed.
(d) They are all orphans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ship traveling to in Part II, Chapter 2?

2. Why does Washington feel so wretched when he sees Big Kit in the big house again in Chapter 10?

3. What does Titch instruct Washington and Philip to do in Chapter 9 while he demonstrates the cloud-cutter's gas mechanism?

4. What are the ship's crew in search of in Part II, Chapter 5?

5. Who signs the notice Titch finds in the post office in Part II, Chapater 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What startling notice does Titch find in the post office in Norfolk, Virginia in Part II, Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 2, why does Kit delay with her plan to save herself and Washington?

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

4. What is Washington's first impression of the town when he sees it for the first time in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

8. What does Washington remember as the previous time he was wounded, before he was burned in the explosion, in Chapter 9?

9. What is Titch's reaction when he hears that his cousin Philip is coming to visit in Chapter 8?

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

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