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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Polly reading when she is introduced in the novel in Part Two?
(a) Her freedom papers.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) The documentation of her indentured status.
(d) A wanted sign.

2. What is classified as women's work in the Ewe tribe?
(a) Spinning threads.
(b) Playing the drums.
(c) Telling stories.
(d) Weaving cloth.

3. How much space does each slave have below deck on the ship?
(a) A full foot of space.
(b) A few inches on either side.
(c) A room about the size of a bathroom.
(d) A room with a bed and a washbasin.

4. Which of the following is NOT true about Polly's mother?
(a) She loved Polly's father.
(b) She had trouble getting paid work because of the reliance on slave labor.
(c) She was an orphan.
(d) She wanted a simple life for Polly.

5. 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) Her mother has educated her on these matters.
(b) She has been sold before.
(c) She has been reading about the slave trade.
(d) She just seems to have a sixth sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Polly's parents die?

2. How do the white people at the slave auction in Part One act toward the slaves?

3. What is the name of the large city to which the slaves are brought in Part One?

4. Where did Polly grow up?

5. What sounds does Amari hear one night as she walks along the path to Teenie's kitchen in Part Three?

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