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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 does Teenie's cooking make both Polly and Amari think about in Part Two?
(a) The recipes they once made.
(b) Their love for Clay Derby.
(c) Their chances of escape.
(d) Their mothers' cooking.

2. 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 reading about the slave trade.
(c) She has been sold before.
(d) She just seems to have a sixth sense.

3. Why does Amari choose to focus on "learning the language of the white man" (54)?
(a) So she can work on self-improvement.
(b) To help herself.
(c) So the men will not beat her.
(d) To make the sailor happy.

4. When a slave dies on the journey in Part One, what happens to their body?
(a) It is left for the animals.
(b) It is buried with dignity.
(c) It is carried with them.
(d) It is burned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Clay give to Amari?

2. What does "indentured" mean for Polly?

3. What happens to the mother and daughter who jumped from the small boat?

4. Why might Afi be drawn to Amari?

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

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