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1. In Chapter 1, how is the training area transformed before guards arrive?

When Mama Agba and the girls receive the news that guards are coming. They fly into action to hide the training area. Each girl has her tasks to transform the arena into a seamstress's shop. Tribal fabric adorns the mannequins in front of each girl. They stitch the hems of the same dashikis they have been sewing for years.

2. How does Binta die?

Binta is brought before King Saran and made to touch a scroll. Magic bursts forth from her hand. The king moves quickly and plunges his sword into her chest killing her.

3. How does Zelie sell a red-tailed sailfish?

Zelie and Tzain take a red-tailed sailfish to Lagos to sell it. She entices a noble with a description of the fish and that not even the king has a sailfish for his dinner. The noble offers 50 silver pieces, and Zelie bargains and gets him to pay 500 silver pieces.

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