2. Why are the slaves quarantined on Sullivan's Island?
(a) To allow the slaves to rest after their journey.
(b) To provide them a safe place.
(c) To allow Tybee the time he needs to train them.
(d) To rule out any diseases.

3. Why does Clay take Tidbit on his hunting trip in Part Five?
(a) For bait.
(b) To teach the boy to shoot.
(c) To learn more about the rice fields.
(d) For entertainment.

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

5. What kills Tirza?
(a) She chokes in the neck band.
(b) She gives up.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She suffers a heart attack.

6. What color is the house at Derbyshire Farms?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

7. When Clay tells Amari in Part Five to watch how she speaks to him, what is her response?
(a) "Be brave" (159).
(b) "You will live" (161).
(c) "Stop" (160).
(d) "Yassuh" (162).

8. What advice does Amari give Tidbit when he is pulled in from out of the water in Part Five?
(a) That he will survive this day.
(b) That he should swim as fast as he can.
(c) That he should not fear the allilgators.
(d) That his mother loves him.

9. What advice does Afi offer Amari if she is chosen by a crew hand in Part One?
(a) To smile radiantly.
(b) To submit silently.
(c) To sing loudly.
(d) To fight violently.

10. Where did Polly grow up?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Charles Towne.
(c) Africa.
(d) Beaufort.

11. What year is this novel set?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1738.
(d) 2003.

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

13. What happens to the African man who brands Amari?
(a) He is also thrown into the pen.
(b) Besa beats him savagely.
(c) We never see him again.
(d) He receives a generous award.

14. How long is Polly's indenture sentence?
(a) For life.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 29 years.

15. What does Teenie's cooking make both Polly and Amari think about in Part Two?
(a) The recipes they once made.
(b) Their mothers' cooking.
(c) Their love for Clay Derby.
(d) Their chances of escape.