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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Nine: Amari.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds the children in the abandoned hunting shack in Part Nine?
(a) Clay Derby.
(b) Nathan's father.
(c) Isabelle Derby.
(d) Fiona O'Reilly.

2. How did the first Mrs. Derby die?
(a) Of the flu of 1730.
(b) In a boating accident.
(c) In childbirth with Clay.
(d) In a house fire.

3. Which of the following is a metaphor to describe the kente cloth?
(a) "This little piece of it came off in her hand" (114).
(b) "She buried it not far from that tree yonder" (114).
(c) "My little breath of Africa" (114).
(d) "She clutched it all the way 'cross the big water" (114).

4. Why does Mr. Derby not kill Isabelle after learning her baby is mixed race?
(a) He loves her too much to hurt her.
(b) He understands that people make mistakes.
(c) He wants her to suffer for the rest of her life.
(d) He needs someone to take care of the baby.

5. Why does Mr. Derby come to the kitchen one morning in Part Six?
(a) He needs dinner service that night.
(b) He wants to use Tidbit as bait again.
(c) Mrs. Derby is in labor.
(d) He wants to bring Myna to Clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Isabelle and Noah fall in love?

2. Who is seen outside the window of Isabelle's baby's birth?

3. Whom do the children discover living on the O'Reilly farm in Part Nine?

4. How old does Mrs. Derby seem to be?

5. What do Amari and Isabelle Derby have in common?

(see the answer key)

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