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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Eight: Polly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food most likely makes Polly, Tidbit and Amari sick in Part Seven?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Roots.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Mayapples.

2. What foods does Teenie make that remind Amari of Africa?
(a) Mashed potatoes and vegetable soup.
(b) Fish stew and yams.
(c) Hoppin' John and yams.
(d) Peach pie and Hoppin' John.

3. What sounds does Amari hear one night as she walks along the path to Teenie's kitchen in Part Three?
(a) The sounds of hound dogs searching the fields.
(b) Polly crying over the deaths of her parents.
(c) A tense conversation between an unnamed man and woman.
(d) The voice of Clay Derby calling for her.

4. Why does Clay chase after Amari in Part Seven, after having trailed the children for days?
(a) He needs her to cook for him.
(b) He worries about her safety.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He views her as a possession.

5. How do the women eat in the holding area in Part One?
(a) They kindly share whatever they are offered.
(b) There is no food to be found at the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) They fight and grab for the scraps of bread thrown to them.
(d) They are fed plentiful portions of their favorite foods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cato?

2. Why might Afi be drawn to Amari?

3. Where did Polly grow up?

4. What role does Besa play in the celebration in Part One?

5. In the end, how do Clay and his friends feel about the alligator hunt?

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