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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the white people at the slave auction in Part One act toward the slaves?
(a) With cool detachment.
(b) With intense interest.
(c) With utter hatred.
(d) With extreme pity.

2. How did the first Mrs. Derby die?
(a) Of the flu of 1730.
(b) In a boating accident.
(c) In childbirth with Clay.
(d) In a house fire.

3. What is the Ewe tribe's kente cloth design?
(a) Animals and shapes.
(b) Pineapples and grasshoppers.
(c) Letters and warriors.
(d) Birds and snakes.

4. Why does Mr. Derby lash Myna with the whip?
(a) She speaks up against slavery.
(b) She spills wine in his lap.
(c) She trips over his legs.
(d) She is insubordinate.

5. How many slaves have died on the Derby farm this year?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Polly's parents die?

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

3. What is one clue that the strangers in the Ewe village are not there on a peaceful mission?

4. What is the nature of Besa and Amari's relationship?

5. Where did Polly grow up?

(see the answer key)

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