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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the sailor in Part One seem to have chosen Amari?
(a) For sexual gratification.
(b) For companionship.
(c) To help her.
(d) To be a missionary to her.

2. What sounds does Amari hear one night as she walks along the path to Teenie's kitchen in Part Three?
(a) Polly crying over the deaths of her parents.
(b) The voice of Clay Derby calling for her.
(c) A tense conversation between an unnamed man and woman.
(d) The sounds of hound dogs searching the fields.

3. What request does Mrs. Derby make of Polly and Amari in Part Six?
(a) That they help her baby.
(b) That they kill the baby.
(c) That they kill her now.
(d) That they give the baby to Noah.

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

5. How will Polly, Tidbit and Amari get rid of Clay as they journey toward freedom?
(a) They know he is too lazy to go on this journey.
(b) Teenie asks Cato to give him some special seeds.
(c) They will kill him in the morning.
(d) They will tell him he should watch Isabelle instead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Derby not kill Isabelle after learning her baby is mixed race?

2. How does Clay respond to Polly's questions and ability to read in Part Two?

3. Which of the servants has childbirth experience?

4. Why does Clay chase after Amari in Part Seven, after having trailed the children for days?

5. Who stops Myna's beating by Mr. Derby in Part Four?

(see the answer key)

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