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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Teenie understand Amari's love of Africa?
(a) Teenie's mother was African.
(b) Teenie was also stolen from a Ewe village.
(c) Teenie has read many books on Africa.
(d) Teenie has heard all the slaves talk of Africa.

2. What gift does Fiona NOT provide the children?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Brownie.

3. What is NOT true about Mrs. Derby's treatment of the slaves?
(a) She ignores them.
(b) She asks them how they are.
(c) She has written up papers to free Noah when she dies.
(d) She is generous toward them.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Amari feel physically throughout their journey to safety and freedom?

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

4. After Mr. Derby finds out about Isabelle's baby, where will Polly's indenture be sold?

5. Who finds the children in the abandoned hunting shack in Part Nine?

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