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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By Part Ten, why has it been so difficult for Amari and Polly to become friends?
(a) Both girls' parents taught them to hate people of another race.
(b) Neither girl is willing to forgive any past hurt.
(c) Neither girl has ever had an experience with a person of another race outside of slavery.
(d) Both girls refuse to learn from their pasts.

2. When Tidbit realizes in Part Eleven he will not be able to return to Teenie, what request does he make of Amari?
(a) That she ask Polly to be his new mother.
(b) That she let him go to make his own way.
(c) That she be his mother.
(d) That she sends letters to Teenie.

3. What advice does Dr. Hoskins give Polly, Tidbit and Amari in Part Seven?
(a) To find the Ashley River and follow it south.
(b) To locate a friend on the Underground Railroad.
(c) To find a shed in the woods and live there indefinitely.
(d) To find the Ashley River and follow it north.

4. Why is Tidbit scared to cross the St. Mary's River?
(a) He fears alligators.
(b) He cannot swim.
(c) He is worried about Hushpuppy.
(d) He thinks the water is too dirty.

5. What advice does Polly give Amari about Besa in Part Ten?
(a) That seeing him has probably scarred her for life.
(b) That seeing him in such a state could give her the stamina necessary to carry on.
(c) That she should hold onto hope that he will gain freedom.
(d) That maybe one day they will be able to be married.

6. When Amari reminds Polly that, because she is white, the indentured girl has a choice about which way to go, how does Polly respond?
(a) She says that they all need one another.
(b) She threatens to shoot Amari.
(c) She chooses to stay because of Tidbit.
(d) She takes off on her own.

7. How does Amari escape from Clay at the end of Part Seven?
(a) Hushpuppy bites him.
(b) Tidbit attacks him.
(c) She pleads for her life.
(d) Polly shoots him.

8. What food most likely makes Polly, Tidbit and Amari sick in Part Seven?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Roots.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Mayapples.

9. What is Tidbit's main concern in Part Seven?
(a) He wants to rest.
(b) He misses his mother.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He wants Hushpuppy to be safe.

10. Who intercepts Polly, Tidbit and Amari before they make it to the gate?
(a) Clay.
(b) Afi.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Inez.

11. What does King Philip want from the citizens of Fort Mose?
(a) Catholic converts.
(b) Indentured servanthood.
(c) Protection for St. Augustine.
(d) Communal living.

12. What is Polly's reaction when they come upon the fishing boy in Part Eight?
(a) She hopes that he will give them some of his fish.
(b) She is disgusted by his messiness.
(c) She wonders how she must look to him.
(d) She knows that he is their only chance for a place to rest that night.

13. Why does Clay chase after Amari in Part Seven, after having trailed the children for days?
(a) He needs her to cook for him.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He worries about her safety.
(d) He views her as a possession.

14. How do the children feel about their encounter with Clay at the end of Part Seven?
(a) They wish him the best in health and happiness.
(b) They hope that the rattlesnake strikes and kills him.
(c) They feel as though they should go back to check on him later.
(d) They know that their best chance is to simply put as much distance between them and Clay as they can.

15. What giant animal lurks outside the children's cave in Part Seven?
(a) Bears.
(b) Bobcats.
(c) Hushpuppy.
(d) Wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the children in the abandoned hunting shack in Part Nine?

2. What information does Domingo Salvador NOT provide the children in Part Ten?

3. Who has been through Fort Mose already looking for Polly?

4. What is a freedom Inez does NOT say she enjoys?

5. Whom do the children discover living on the O'Reilly farm in Part Nine?

(see the answer keys)

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