Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul CurtisFiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.

Download PDF

Introduction

Before Reading

During Reading

After Reading

During Reading

Reading Questions & Paired Texts

Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-5

Get access to this full Teaching Guide and much more!

8,650+ In-Depth Study Guides
4,700+ Quick-Read Plot Summaries
Downloadable PDFs

Reading Check

1. How does Elijah get back at his mother for shaming his fear of hoop snakes?

2. What does Elijah see coming out of the woods after the “slave catcher” scare?

3. What does Elijah find interesting about the way Mr. Leroy eats fish?

The SuperSummary difference

8x more resources than SparkNotes and CliffsNotes combined
Study Guides you won’t find anywhere else
175+ fresh titles added every month

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Elijah’s mother mean when she calls him “fra-gile?”

2. Why was Frederick Douglass holding Elijah during a speech at Buxton?

3. Describe “rock fishing.”

Paired Resources

“Escaping Slavery: The Consequences of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 via The Library of Congress Blog” and “Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in The Canadian Encyclopedia”

These articles provide students with background information on the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which empowered bounty hunters and federal agents to follow enslaved Africans to places that were formerly safe havens and force them back to slavery. The second resource discusses the role that Canada played in pushing back against the law and those who tried to enact it on its soil and other nearby American territories.