View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the women eat in the holding area in Part One?
(a) They kindly share whatever they are offered.
(b) They are fed plentiful portions of their favorite foods.
(c) There is no food to be found at the Cape Coast Castle.
(d) They fight and grab for the scraps of bread thrown to them.

2. How does Clay communicate with Myna after the beating by Mr. Derby?
(a) By sending for her nightly.
(b) By sending her candy.
(c) By delivering daily love letters.
(d) By visiting with her daily.

3. What advice does Afi give Amari about Besa?
(a) To run to him.
(b) To forget him.
(c) To remember their love.
(d) To spit on him.

4. What is the average life span of a slave?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. Who is Cato?
(a) He is Mr. Derby's butler.
(b) He is the oldest slave on the farm.
(c) He is the father of Tidbit.
(d) He is the brother of Teenie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Polly reading when she is introduced in the novel in Part Two?

2. Which of the following descriptions of the ship in Part One is an example of personification?

3. Which of the following does NOT occur when the women are brought up on deck of the ship in Part One?

4. How many wives does the chief elder of the Ewes have?

5. What is not part of the Ewe definition of hospitality?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 292 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample