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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the women eat in the holding area in Part One?
(a) They kindly share whatever they are offered.
(b) They are fed plentiful portions of their favorite foods.
(c) There is no food to be found at the Cape Coast Castle.
(d) They fight and grab for the scraps of bread thrown to them.

2. What is the cause of Isabelle's concern over her baby?
(a) The child is premature.
(b) The child is overdue.
(c) The child is deformed.
(d) The child is of mixed race.

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

4. Where is Clay taking Tidbit and Myna in Part Five?
(a) To the alligator hunt.
(b) To the market.
(c) To dinner.
(d) To Charles Town.

5. Who were the only villagers spared in the slaughter of the Ewe tribe?
(a) The children.
(b) The elderly.
(c) The young.
(d) The women.

6. How is Mr. Derby different with the new Mrs. Derby than he was with his first wife?
(a) He is more detached this time.
(b) He appears more lovesick toward his new wife.
(c) He married his first wife for money.
(d) He respects his new wife's every opinion.

7. Which fact is true about Polly's father?
(a) He died of consumption.
(b) He was a drunk.
(c) Polly never knew him.
(d) He was an unkind man.

8. What advice does Afi give Amari about Besa?
(a) To run to him.
(b) To forget him.
(c) To remember their love.
(d) To spit on him.

9. Who stops Myna's beating by Mr. Derby in Part Four?
(a) Clay.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) Polly.
(d) Noah.

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

11. What symbol does Amari NOT association with freedom?
(a) The drums.
(b) The sun.
(c) Fire.
(d) Sea birds.

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

13. In the end, how do Clay and his friends feel about the alligator hunt?
(a) That it was a boring waste of time.
(b) That they should be more fearful of the alligators.
(c) That they are now ready for the championship.
(d) That they should be ashamed.

14. 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) Everyone is friendly at the castle.
(d) Amari offers to share her food.

15. Which of the following does NOT occur when the women are brought up on deck of the ship in Part One?
(a) They are made to feel comfortable.
(b) They are fed.
(c) They have water thrown on them.
(d) They are mocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cato?

2. How old is Tidbit?

3. What do the white people at the slave auction think of the relationship between Amari and Afi?

4. What does Teenie's cooking make both Polly and Amari think about in Part Two?

5. How does Clay respond when one of his friends touches Myna in Part Five?

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