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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reader's first hint at Polly's character in Part Two?
(a) Polly has no idea what the slave trade is.
(b) Polly is not sympathetic to the slaves.
(c) Polly is a slave herself.
(d) Polly wants to purchase a slave.

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

3. What do the white people at the slave auction think of the relationship between Amari and Afi?
(a) That they must be sisters.
(b) That they are mother and daughter.
(c) That they must be split up.
(d) That they neither know nor care for each other.

4. Which of the following is NOT a clue that Amari can understand Polly's English?
(a) She repeats that her name is Myna.
(b) Her facial expressions are clear and meaningful.
(c) She repeats the word slave clearly.
(d) She shrugs when Polly asks a question.

5. How does Noah act at dinner in Part 4?
(a) He is clearly resistant to the Derbies.
(b) He is overly helpful toward Polly.
(c) He laughs at Mr. Derby and Clay's jokes.
(d) He is stone-faced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cato?

2. What is the cause of Mr. Derby's death?

3. What new decision does Amari reveal to Tidbit and Polly early on their journey in Part Seven?

4. Why does Mr. Derby not kill Isabelle after learning her baby is mixed race?

5. How does Dr. Hoskins feel about the murders they witnessed?

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