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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the woman whom Amari befriends in the holding area know so much about what is to come for the newly-captured Ewe people?
(a) She just seems to have a sixth sense.
(b) She has been reading about the slave trade.
(c) She has been sold before.
(d) Her mother has educated her on these matters.

2. What is NOT true about Mrs. Derby's treatment of the slaves?
(a) She is generous toward them.
(b) She asks them how they are.
(c) She ignores them.
(d) She has written up papers to free Noah when she dies.

3. Why does Teenie understand Amari's love of Africa?
(a) Teenie has heard all the slaves talk of Africa.
(b) Teenie was also stolen from a Ewe village.
(c) Teenie's mother was African.
(d) Teenie has read many books on Africa.

4. How many women die during the big storm while crossing the ocean in Part One?
(a) 90.
(b) 40.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

5. What do the crewhands throw overboard after the dancing in Part One?
(a) Any slave who has been disobedient.
(b) Any evidence that they have been there.
(c) The bodies of men who have died below deck.
(d) The rotten food they have not had a chance to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "indentured" mean for Polly?

2. What happens to the African man who brands Amari?

3. What do the white people at the slave auction think of the relationship between Amari and Afi?

4. Which of the following is NOT a cause of death during the death march?

5. Which of the following is a simile that describes how the slaves are arranged below deck?

(see the answer key)

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