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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. Who does Washington see in cages in the town where he and Titch pick up their visitor in Chapter 8?
(a) Priests.
(b) Cats.
(c) Runaway slaves.
(d) Dogs.

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

3. What is Washington overjoyed that he and Big Kit are allowed to do once the dinner is over?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Draw.
(c) Get paid.
(d) Lick the plates of the diners.

4. What are the ship's crew in search of in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Gold.
(b) Oil.
(c) Silver.
(d) Jewels.

5. Where is Faith Plantation located?
(a) Virginia.
(b) India.
(c) The Cayman Islands.
(d) Barbados.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unusual about the ship's crew in Part II, Chapter 2?

3. How does Titch react when he witnesses the overseers' brutality towards the slaves?

4. How had Washington gotten his last injury before the burns?

5. What does Washington know about his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the major change that happens at Faith Plantation in Chapter 1?

3. 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?

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

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

6. What activity do Titch and Washington discover that Farrow is engaged in in Part II, Chapter 4, that is a very risky endeavor?

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

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

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

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

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