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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 price paid for Amari at the slave auction?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 300 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

2. What happens to Hildy?
(a) She is bitten by a copperhead.
(b) She dies of starvation.
(c) She drowns in the rice paddy.
(d) She is attacked by an alligator.

3. What year is this novel set?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1738.

4. What advice does Dr. Hoskins give Polly, Tidbit and Amari in Part Seven?
(a) To find the Ashley River and follow it south.
(b) To locate a friend on the Underground Railroad.
(c) To find a shed in the woods and live there indefinitely.
(d) To find the Ashley River and follow it north.

5. How does Mr. Derby make his wealth?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Rice.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foods does Teenie make that remind Amari of Africa?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Polly's mother?

4. What further punishment does Mr. Derby give Myna after her whipping?

5. Who is the father of Isabelle's baby?

(see the answer key)

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