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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 wanted sign.
(c) The documentation of her indentured status.
(d) A newspaper.

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

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

4. What foods does Teenie make that remind Amari of Africa?
(a) Mashed potatoes and vegetable soup.
(b) Hoppin' John and yams.
(c) Fish stew and yams.
(d) Peach pie and Hoppin' John.

5. What year is this novel set?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1862.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1738.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT true about Teenie's kente cloth?

2. How many villagers survived the killing field in Part One?

3. What does "indentured" mean for Polly?

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

5. Why are the slaves quarantined on Sullivan's Island?

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