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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of root does Amari ask Teenie to show her in Part Three?
(a) A root for headaches.
(b) A root for an upset stomach.
(c) A root that tastes sweet.
(d) A root that will kill.

2. What role does Besa play in the celebration in Part One?
(a) He plays drums.
(b) He stands by silently.
(c) He serves the food.
(d) He welcomes the guests.

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

4. Which sailor chooses Amari for the first night?
(a) Two separate soldiers.
(b) One of the Ashanti soldiers.
(c) The red-headed man.
(d) A young soldier named John.

5. Which is NOT a reason that Mr. Derby loves Isabelle?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her youth.
(d) Her intelligence.

6. What task is forbidden for girls in the Ewe tribe?
(a) Weaving kente designs.
(b) Speaking to men.
(c) Serving as an elder.
(d) Touching the fufu.

7. When the Derby men discuss purchasing more slaves in Part Four, Polly thinks it is almost like they are talking about which of the following?
(a) Going to a funeral.
(b) Buying livestock.
(c) Eating candy.
(d) Getting a tooth pulled.

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

9. Who is seen outside the window of Isabelle's baby's birth?
(a) Noah.
(b) Clay.
(c) Percival.
(d) Conrad.

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

11. Where does Cato tell Polly, Tidbit and Amari to flee in Part Six?
(a) Sullivan's Island.
(b) Fort Mose.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) New York.

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

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

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

15. When Bill is not around to protect her in Part One, what happens to Amari?
(a) She is unable to bathe.
(b) She misses him.
(c) She is forced to starve.
(d) She is raped by multiple men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is always escaping from Tirza?

2. When Clay tells Amari in Part Five to watch how she speaks to him, what is her response?

3. How did the first Mrs. Derby die?

4. What is the nature of Besa and Amari's relationship?

5. What advice does Afi offer Amari if she is chosen by a crew hand in Part One?

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