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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Polly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nature of Besa and Amari's relationship?
(a) They are friends.
(b) They are betrothed.
(c) They are siblings.
(d) They are cousins.

2. What does Teenie's cooking make both Polly and Amari think about in Part Two?
(a) Their chances of escape.
(b) Their mothers' cooking.
(c) The recipes they once made.
(d) Their love for Clay Derby.

3. What is the average life span of a slave?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 12 years.

4. Which of the following is a simile that describes how the slaves are arranged below deck?
(a) "Stacked like logs" (43)
(b) "Their feet were locked in leg irons" (43).
(c) "Slimy with waste" (43)
(d) "The air in this place seemed to have been sucked out" (43)

5. Where did Polly grow up?
(a) Africa.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Beaufort.
(d) Charles Towne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does an Ashanti warrior claim that he is partaking in this sort of torture of the Ewe tribe?

2. How many hours a day are the women tied on the ship in Part One?

3. What reminds Amari of her little brother?

4. Why do Myna and Polly get the opportunity to serve dinner at the big house in Part Four?

5. What happens to the mother and daughter who jumped from the small boat?

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