| A | B |
| Where did the author say this story took place? | Carolina |
| To what was the color of the Master's house compared? | cotton |
| What did the overseer do to the old man? | whipped him |
| What did the boy do when he saw what the overseer did to the old man? | he cried |
| What did the overseer do when the boy cried because the overseer whipped the old man? | He whipped him. |
| What part of the day did the boy have to work? | from dawn til dusk |
| What animal did the boy wish he could be like? | a butterfly |
| What did the father and son build for the Master? | a wagon |
| What did they name the two mules that pulled the Master's wagon? | Swing and Low |
| What did the boy think the wagon was like? | chariot |
| What did the boy break when he was angry? | the wheel |
| What did the boy's mother tell him Abraham Lincoln did when we was upset? | chopped wood or split rail |
| Who was president during the time frame of this story? | Lincoln |
| Who passed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves? | Lincoln |
| How old was the boy when the boy and his family went toward Washington, D.C.? | 12 |
| What did the Master give the family as a going away present once they were freed? | the wagon and mules |
| To whom were the boy and his family going to D.C. to say goodbye? | Lincoln |