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

2. Who is the only slave that speaks to Washington during the labor they do for Titch in Chapter 8?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Big Kit.
(c) Sally Hemmings.
(d) Little Paul.

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

4. Where is Big Kit from?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Dahomey.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Kit make sure to do when she and Washington arrive at the big house in Chapter 4?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what one last element does Titch need to begin his cloud-cutter testing?

3. What is the name of the town where Washington and Titch travel to collect their visitor in Chapter 8?

4. What does Big Kit resolve to do with Washington after they find out what kind of a man the new master is in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Washington discover his great talent, and what is that talent?

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

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

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

9. How does Washington first meet Titch?

10. What momentous news does Philip share with Titch and Erasmus in Chapter 10?

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