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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six: Polly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a characteristic of the captives' shackles in Part One?
(a) A neck band.
(b) Atttachments at the ankles, wrists, and necks.
(c) A set of ankle chains.
(d) A face mask.

2. What message does Besa give Amari the night he visits her on Sullivan's Island?
(a) He wants her to remember him when she looks at the night sky.
(b) He wants her to forget their long ago promises.
(c) He wants her to know that he never actually loved her.
(d) He wants her to find love with someone else.

3. How does Noah act at dinner in Part 4?
(a) He is clearly resistant to the Derbies.
(b) He is stone-faced.
(c) He laughs at Mr. Derby and Clay's jokes.
(d) He is overly helpful toward Polly.

4. How does Amari make a new friend in the holding area in Part One?
(a) A kind woman offers her some bread.
(b) The women share a love of music.
(c) Everyone is friendly at the castle.
(d) Amari offers to share her food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Polly grow up?

2. How did Polly's parents die?

3. Where does Cato tell Polly, Tidbit and Amari to flee in Part Six?

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

5. What further punishment does Mr. Derby give Myna after her whipping?

(see the answer key)

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