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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Amari and Isabelle Derby have in common?
(a) They both love to read.
(b) They are both of Ewe descent.
(c) They are both controlled by the Derby men.
(d) They are both good cooks.

4. Where does Cato tell Polly, Tidbit and Amari to flee in Part Six?
(a) New York.
(b) Fort Mose.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Sullivan's Island.

5. After Mr. Derby finds out about Isabelle's baby, where will Polly's indenture be sold?
(a) To a friend in Georgia.
(b) To a farm in Florida.
(c) To a brothel in New Orleans.
(d) To a tea plantation nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the first Mrs. Derby die?

2. What type of root does Amari ask Teenie to show her in Part Three?

3. Why is Polly chosen to stop the doctor in Part Six?

4. How is Mr. Derby different with the new Mrs. Derby than he was with his first wife?

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

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