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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What further punishment does Mr. Derby give Myna after her whipping?
(a) He says she will never work in the big house again.
(b) He sentences her to the rice fields.
(c) He removes her from the plantation.
(d) He cuts her hair.

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

3. Where is Clay taking Tidbit and Myna in Part Five?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To the market.
(c) To the alligator hunt.
(d) To Charles Town.

4. Which fact is true about Polly's father?
(a) Polly never knew him.
(b) He was a drunk.
(c) He died of consumption.
(d) He was an unkind man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, how do Clay and his friends feel about the alligator hunt?

2. Why might Afi be drawn to Amari?

3. What advice does Polly give Amari about Besa in Part Ten?

4. How do the women eat in the holding area in Part One?

5. What information does Domingo Salvador NOT provide the children in Part Ten?

(see the answer key)

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