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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the first Mrs. Derby die?
(a) In a boating accident.
(b) In childbirth with Clay.
(c) Of the flu of 1730.
(d) In a house fire.

2. How old does Mrs. Derby seem to be?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 18.

3. Where does the ship containing the kidnapped Ewe people make landfall in Part One?
(a) Tybee Island.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Boston.
(d) Sullivan's Island.

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

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

6. What do the crewhands throw overboard after the dancing in Part One?
(a) Any slave who has been disobedient.
(b) Any evidence that they have been there.
(c) The bodies of men who have died below deck.
(d) The rotten food they have not had a chance to eat.

7. Why does Clay come into Teenie's kitchen one day in Part Five?
(a) To get help for Mrs. Derby.
(b) To take Tidbit.
(c) To compliment Teenie's cooking.
(d) To check on Myna.

8. What will remove the blood and blackberry stains from the carpet in Part 4?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Soda water.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Vodka.

9. 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.

10. What happens to Hildy?
(a) She dies of starvation.
(b) She is bitten by a copperhead.
(c) She is attacked by an alligator.
(d) She drowns in the rice paddy.

11. After Mr. Derby finds out about Isabelle's baby, where will Polly's indenture be sold?
(a) To a brothel in New Orleans.
(b) To a tea plantation nearby.
(c) To a friend in Georgia.
(d) To a farm in Florida.

12. Why might Afi be drawn to Amari?
(a) Afi is from Amari's village.
(b) Afi had a daughter Amari's age.
(c) Amari has special privileges from the guards.
(d) Amari has access to food.

13. What is the name of Amari's new, wise friend in the holding area in Part One?
(a) Besa.
(b) Afi.
(c) Tirza.
(d) Kwasi.

14. What do the white people at the slave auction think of the relationship between Amari and Afi?
(a) That they are mother and daughter.
(b) That they must be sisters.
(c) That they must be split up.
(d) That they neither know nor care for each other.

15. Which is NOT true about Teenie's kente cloth?
(a) Willie Badgett gave it to her.
(b) It had been buried on the plantation for years.
(c) It was her mother's.
(d) It was just a tiny scrap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be the function of the story of Chief Agokoli?

2. In Part Four, what future does Cato foresee for Myna?

3. Which slave is given Isabelle's baby to care for?

4. What is NOT true about Mrs. Derby's treatment of the slaves?

5. Which is NOT a reason that Mr. Derby loves Isabelle?

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