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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the servants has childbirth experience?
(a) Polly.
(b) Amari.
(c) Teenie.
(d) Hildy.

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

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

5. How will Polly, Tidbit and Amari get rid of Clay as they journey toward freedom?
(a) Teenie asks Cato to give him some special seeds.
(b) They know he is too lazy to go on this journey.
(c) They will tell him he should watch Isabelle instead.
(d) They will kill him in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the mother and daughter who jumped from the small boat?

2. What is the Ewe tribe's kente cloth design?

3. What is the name of Amari's new, wise friend in the holding area in Part One?

4. Why might Afi be drawn to Amari?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clay attempt to connect with Amari? Why are his attempts unsuccessful?

2. Desribe the planting of rice.

3. How are Amari and Isabelle Derby able to connect?

4. How does Clay feel about his stepmother?

5. Why does Mrs. Derby ask Polly and Amari to help her baby?

6. How does Teenie's piece of the kente cloth affect Amari?

7. Describe the alligator hunt in Part Five.

8. How do Polly and Amari plan to protect Mrs. Derby's baby?

9. How are indentured servants similar to slaves? How are they also very different?

10. What does Besa tell Amari about his love of the drums?

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