View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the brother of the ship's captain?

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

3. What is Washington's full name?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Kit give to Washington in Chapter 4 when she realizes he is being summoned to assist Titch, and why does she give it to him?

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

7. What is Washington's first impression of the kind of relationship Titch and Erasmus have as brothers in Chapter 4?

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

9. Where is Big Kit from and how does she hope to get back there someday?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how and why Washington eventually comes to not only trust, but also to like and admire, Titch, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how meeting Titch's mother, Mrs. Wilde, in Part IV, Chapter 3, changes Washington's perceptions of and feelings about Titch and of the Wilde family in general.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting how different white men and women throughout the novel come to view Washington's extraordinary talents for drawing, scholarship, and research.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 780 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample